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Border Patrol Force (BPF) Border Patrol Force (BPF)
- FILE - Soldiers in a miltary unit calling themselves variously the Border Intelligence Division, Second Reconnaisance Brigade, or the Quick and the Horrible, also believed to form part of the Janjaweed militia, walk around the weekly animal market in Mistiria in North Darfur, Sudan (AP)
The Border Patrol Force (BPF) are a semi-governmental armed group in Darfur, which many observers claim that consists mainly of the notorious Janjaweed militia members that fought Darfur rebels along with the Sudanese army.
The Janjaweed was drawn mainly from the nomadic Arab tribes of the area and blamed for much of the killing in the Darfur conflict.
Sudan Tribune Links
- Thursday 31 January 2013
January 30, 2013 (LONDON) - Members of Sudan’s security forces were reportedly involved in January attacks that left up to 200 people dead near a goldmine in Darfur, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, calling for an urgent (...)
- Thursday 5 April 2012
April 4, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The commanders of the Border Patrol force (BPF) in Darfur have rejected a government call to mobilise as part of the "deterrence force" launched last month in response to the military escalation on Sudan’s (...)
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