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abbala |
‘Camel herders’. Term used in Darfur to distinguish northern camel-herding pastoralists from southern cattle-herding (baggara) pastoralists |
Jamahiriya |
Term coined by Qaddafi, usually translated as ‘state of the masses’ to name the Libyan state during his rule |
janjawid |
Literally ‘horsemen armed with G3 automatic rifles’. Nickname of the Sudanese government’s Arab proxy militias fighting in Darfur |
katiba |
Battalion, although sometimes translated as brigade. Term used by various Libyan militias |