Zaghawa fighters played a prominent role in rebelling against al-Bashir’s government in 2003 and the state-backed Janjaweed militias responded by attacking the entire community.

The Zaghawa is represented by three armed movements that signed the Juba Peace Agreement, led by Minni Arko Minnawi, head of the Sudan Liberation Movement; Al-Tahir Hajar, ...

In August 2006, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) received reports of attacks against Tama civilians by the Zaghawa in the Guéréda area, with 1,200 Tama fleeing to Goundo ...

Fears of large-scale ethnic violence between Zaghawa and Arab groups are rising, fueled by escalating tensions between RSF and pro-army movements in North Darfur. Related Articles.

Zaghawa and Arab tribes signed a reconciliation agreement. Fierce fighting was reported from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, yesterday morning.

The Zaghawa also live in small villages surrounding the city, which have been attacked too—such as Ammar Jadid. In March the village looked like this. By early June it had been destroyed by fire.

The Zaghawa tribespeople, currently stranded between North Darfur and North Kordofan regions, are suffering from "tragic humanitarian conditions," one of the survivors told Radio Dabanga.

On May 9, 2024, almost 20 years to the day it had exposed genocide in Darfur, the HRW released another report titled “The Massalit Will Not Come Home”: Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against ...

Darfur Women Scarred By Fighting Tears of the Desert is the first memoir written by a woman caught in the war in Darfur. The author, Halima Bashir, was born into the Zaghawa tribe in the Sudanese ...

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are carrying out a campaign of “mass atrocities” in North Darfur, systematically targeting the Zaghawa ethnic group for killings and persecution in what survivors ...