Janjaweed

British  

/ ˈdʒænˌdʒəwɪd /

noun

1. an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan

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Etymology

Origin of Janjaweed

Arabic: a man with a horse and a gun

Example Sentences

The RSF, formerly known as the Janjaweed, emerged in the early 2000s as an auxiliary militia in Darfur and later evolved into a powerful, independently commanded force.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scale of the suffering today in Darfur is greater than the Janjaweed militia's genocide in the same region 20 years ago, she told the BBC's Newsday programme.

From BBC

The RSF traces its origins back to the Janjaweed.

From BBC

Crippled, he said, by the Janjaweed in 2011, he had to be hoisted onto a cart that zigzagged through the city between the debris and corpses.

From Barron's

The RSF traces its origins back to the Janjaweed, a largely Arab militia armed by the Sudanese government to kill mainly black African tribes in Darfur two decades ago.

From Barron's