Radio Dabanga — According to a former Darfur janjaweed leader, who was arrested in Sweden in early April, the Sudanese authorities wanted to rid Darfur of the indigenous population. The arrestee allegedly served as a militia leader in North Darfur for the Sudanese government during the first years of the war that started in 2003. The SLM-AW posted the video of an interview conducted by Phil Cox of MORE4 news East Africa with the former militia leader on its Facebook page on Friday. He said that the government official had explicitly informed him that they wanted the land to be freed of the indigenous population. In 2009, the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted President Omar Al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 23, 2017 06:45 UTC