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The UN Security Council called for the Janjaweed to be disarmed. On July 14, 2008, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges against Sudanese President [[Omar al-Bashir]], accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation using the Janjaweed tribes. | The UN Security Council called for the Janjaweed to be disarmed. On July 14, 2008, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges against Sudanese President [[Omar al-Bashir]], accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation using the Janjaweed tribes. | ||
In 2013, a majority of the Janjaweed were formally brought under control of the Sudanese Armed Forces and reorganized into the [[Rapid Support Forces]], under command of [[Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo]]. Though the Janjaweed proper continues to exist, their activities have greatly decreased, especially after the arrest and incarceration of their leader [[Musa Hilal]] in 2017. | |||
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