Northern Rizeigat
The Northern Rizaygat are Arab nomads who herd camels. They are the largest and most powerful of the Arab people in Darfur. Most live in southeast Darfur. Like most nomads, their identity and livelihoods are linked through their animals. They are Bedouin pastoralists who became a part of the Janjaweed. The term janjaweed the term tends to be synonymous with the term ‘nomad’.
Rizeigat of northern Darfur – the Abbala Rizeigat - bordered from north by Libya; on the eastern side, bordered by Ziyadia, Berti, and Meidoub; on the western side, bordered by Fur and Katinga tribes (Adam 2012).
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