The Janjaweed emerged in Darfur, Sudan, as a proxy force for the government of Omar al-Bashir in the early 2000s.

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The urgent necessities of civil war have driven Sudan toward Russia, but its leadership would still prefer better relations ...

As the new AUC chair, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf will need to reform his organisation, before he attempts to reform Africa.