Pacifying the restless Janjaweed and increasingly strained relations: A security motive Analysts who follow the issue closely explain that the Sudanese government fears a potential backlash from the disaffected Janjaweed.28 The Sudan Armed Forces remain fairly weak in Darfur, with its best forces deployed to the border with South Sudan and to the embattled states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. As a result, Khartoum’s main instruments to fight the Darfur counterinsurgency are its security agents and the Janjaweed militias, backed by small army deployments and air strikes when necessary. As the government’s dependence on proxies deepens, the financial requirements to sat- isfy Janjaweed leaders increase. Additionally—as vividly evidenced by July 2013 fighting in Nyala and North Darfur—if left unsatisfied, Janjaweed elements are growing increas- ingly willing to direct their violence against the central government.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:25:37 +0000
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