Once, the main objective of roving militias and Baggara raiders was simply war booty: goats, cattle, and other valuables, with a few slaves taken to make a little extra money on the side.

“The government sends the [Muslim] Baggara warriors from tribes of the desert,” says Sister Lucy Paganoni, who has spent years in Sudan with the Comboni Missionary Sisters. “They attack ...

As SPLA Zonal Commander of Western Upper Nile, entered into agreement with Baggara chiefs in 1986. Led breakaway faction from SPLM/A in 1991, forming a separate southern rebel movement initially ...

Except for the Rizeigat Baggara tribe with ancient land rights in Darfur, Arab nomads in the Sahel have, since precolonial ...

The government also armed tribal militias of the Arabized Baggara tribes (the muraheleen of Western Sudan) for use as proxy fighting forces against the Dinka civilian base of the SPLA in Bahr El ...

Mohamed Adam wanted to introduce listeners to West Sudan through its songs, and to bring forth the peoples of this dance, who live in Darfur - especially since the Tunjur people (except in the Baggara ...