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A displaced woman sits on a bed next to the remnants of her burnt house in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, 2014. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID

Sahelian Arabs and their Role in the Sudan War

… region.  But a significant number of RSF fighters are from Sahelian Arab tribes of Niger,  Nigeria , Cameroon, Chad, … Arabs are known as Baggara Arabs, and their presence in the Sahel predates Islam. In order to understand the political … the history of these Arabs, who began to migrate to the Sahel in significant numbers as long ago as the 14th …
The Great Mosque of Djenne. This image illustrates the influence of Islam in the region and the building style of the region. Its origins are unknown but it shows the power of the emperors who built this structure that still stands today.

A New View of West African Empires

Review of African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa, by Michael A. Gomez (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018)
… Part 1 focusses on the early history of West Africa and the Sahel region. Gomez considers the proto-empires of the …
The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young Book Cover.

Fifty Years and Counting

Review of The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young (Chicago: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012)
… patterns of state affairs. Overall, events north of the Sahel closely resemble those occurring in areas south of it, …
 SPLM rally in Southern Sudan, 2010. (Image by U.S. Institute of Peace)

Tribal Militias in Sudan

… Colonel Muammar Gaddafi conceived of an “Arab belt” across Sahelian Africa . In 1981, a Libyan-supported group called …