The government-backed groups, also known as ΓÇÖJanjaweed,ΓÇÖ routinely raid and burn villages, arbitrarily kill civilians, steal livestock, and... Show moreThe government-backed groups, also known as ΓÇÖJanjaweed,ΓÇÖ routinely raid and burn villages, arbitrarily kill civilians, steal livestock, and systematically rape women. In the course of attacks, government and Janjaweed forces routinely use racial epithets, indicating their desire to remove black Africans from the land and replace them with ethnically Arab Africans allied with Khartoum. Show less