Rizeigat

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Rizeigat

The Rizeigat, or Rizigat, or Rezeigat are a Muslim

Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
and Arabic origin tribe of the nomadic Bedouin

Bedouin

The Bedouin, , are predominantly Muslim, desert-dwelling Arab nomadic pastoralist, or previously nomadic group, found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western Desert , Sinai Peninsula, and Negev to the Arabian Desert....
Baggara

Baggara

Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
's Darfur

Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
region. The Rizeigat belong to the greater Baggara

Baggara

Sudanese Arabic

Sudanese Arabic is the Varieties of Arabic of Arabic language spoken throughout northern Sudan. It has much borrowed vocabulary from the local languages ....
. Numbering over one million, the Baggara

Baggara

The Baggara Arabs or Baqqarah are a nomadic Bedouin people inhabiting Africa from between Lake Chad and the Nile, in the states of Sudan , Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Central African Republic....
are the second largest people group in Western Sudan, extending into Eastern Chad. They are primarily nomadic cattle herders and their journeys are dependent upon the seasons of the year.

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The Rizeigat, or Rizigat, or Rezeigat are a Muslim

Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
and Arabic origin tribe of the nomadic Bedouin

Bedouin

Baggara

Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
's Darfur

Darfur

Baggara

Sudanese Arabic

Baggara

The Baggara Arabs or Baqqarah are a nomadic Bedouin people inhabiting Africa from between Lake Chad and the Nile, in the states of Sudan , Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Central African Republic....
(cattle-herders) who inhabit south-east Darfur. In turn they are divided into several large clans, notably the Mahamid, Mahariya and Nawaiba. The Mahamid, led by Sheikh Musa Hilal, have been deeply implicated in the Darfur conflict.

The Rizeigat backed the Sudan Government during the conflict with the SPLA. They formed frontline units as well as Murahleen, mounted raiders that attacked southern villages to loot valuables and slaves. During the Second Sudanese Civil War

Second Sudanese Civil War

The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. It took place, for the most part, in southern Sudan and was one of the longest lasting and deadliest wars of the later 20th century....
thousands of Dinka women and children were abducted and subsequently enslaved by members of the Messiria

Messiria

The Messiria belong to the Baggara Arabs tribes and speak Sudanese Arabic. Numbering over one million, the Baggara are the second largest people group in Western Sudan, extending into Eastern Chad....
and Rizeigat tribes. An unknown number of children from the Nuba tribe were similarly abducted and enslaved.

In the recent Darfur

Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
warfare the Baggara

Baggara

Janjaweed

The Janjaweed is a blanket term used to describe mostly armed gunmen in Darfur, western Sudan, and now eastern Chad. Using the United Nations definition, the Janjaweed comprised nomadic Arabic-speaking African tribes , the core of whom are from the Abbala background with significant Lambo recruitment from the Baggara people....
militias to exterminate rebels. Their leader, Saeed Madibo

Saeed Madibo

Saeed Madibo is the Nazir of the Baggara Rizeigat of South Darfur. His family has held this position since the 1870s and were recognized as paramount chiefs by the United Kingdom following the conquest of Darfur in 1916....
cites the governnment's lack of development in Rizeigat areas, despite the tribe's history of support in recent southern conflicts. He also states that his tribe was not allowed to be part of the southern peace process.