Testimony against Al-Burhan*
A statement from a wounded survivor and eyewitness (named Abdullah) of the Deleij/Mukjar massacre of March 5th 2004. He miraculously escaped death during the massacre led by then Major Abdul Fattah Al Burhan:
On the 5th of March 2004, a group of Sudan government troops and Janjaweed surrounded and attacked villages in the area. They kidnapped 145 men, 9 of whom were leaders of the local communities from Mukjar and Deliej (they were imprisoned a week earlier by government authorities without cause). They were all gathered in a valley south of Deliej and lined up. Behind each of them stood a man from the Janjaweed pointing a gun at his head. Each was asked: “ To what tribe do you belong?” They all responded: “Fur tribe”. Then at a given signal, they were all shot at the same time. Abdullah identified the leader of the Janjaweed as Kusheib (indicted and wanted by ICC) and the commander as Major Abdul Fattah Al Burhan, who had trained at that time more than 2,000 of the Janjaweed as execution squads.
An account of community leader, Mukhtar Abbaler Abul Gasim:
In January 2015, a concerned citizen and community leader in South-West region of Jebel Marra named Mukhtar Abbaker Abul Gasim, sent out a desperate plea to the international community and humanitarian organizations that a second wave of ethnic cleansing was under way against Fur tribe in that region under the name of "The Decisive Summer", which meant that by summer of 2015 the area should be Fur-Free.
Abul Gasim described in detail the preparations in a meeting led by Abdul Fattah Al Burhan in Zalengi with Janjaweed leaders, NISS, and Sudan Army Officers. The meeting was held on January 14, 2015 with a total attendance of 253. It called for executions and expulsions of civilians by force and terror from their homes and lands.
Al Burhan's instructions were clear: “I want this area clean and clear of any those people. I brought all that you need for this mission, including the necessary equipment from Nyala (capital of South Darfur). This area is rich with resources and herds. Kill them all and take their possessions. It is better to use horses because they are better in killing than the 4-wheel drive vehicles. Their possessions are yours as spoils.”
Testimony of Sheikh Matter Younis:
On April 15th 2019, a prominent IDP camp Leader in West and Central Darfur, Sheikh Younis expressed on behalf of the many victims in Darfur, the Fur tribe in particular, his deep shock on the appointment of General Abdul Fattah Al Burhan as head of the Transitional Government in Sudan after the ousting Al Bashir from power.
The IDP leader Younis said, as stated by Radio Dabanga: “How could this happen when Darfur knows this executioner who named himself ‘God of the Fur’ as one who possesses the authority to decide who lives and who dies in Darfur?” Younis further said that Al Burhan is the architect and executioner of genocide on the ground in Darfur.
Testimony of Abdul Wahid Mohamed Nur, resistance leader from the Fur Tribe:
On April 13th 2019 he issued a statement expressing his shock at the appointment of General Al-Burhan as head of the Transitional Government, describing him as a war criminal and genocidaire.
*These accounts are translations of Arabic statements from people affected directly by the war crimes of General Abdul Fattah Al Burhan. They shed light on his criminal background in Darfur, especially his treatment of the Fur tribe. The original statements in Arabic are available upon request. More accounts are also available, including in-person testimony from survivors in the IDP camps, with vivid accounts of the horrors committed by General Al- Burhan.
Hemeti
Janjaweed leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (aka: Hemeti): Recruited as Arab Militia junior officer at the beginning of the Government of Sudan (GoS) policy of genocide in Darfur in 2002. He is from the Rizeigat, branch of Darfur Arab tribe. Originally, he was given arms, money, to attack the African Indigenous populations in Darfur, and clean-up after GoS attacks on villages by heiicopters, Antonov bombers, and four-wheel armored vehicles. Hemeti was put under Musa Hilal (notorious Janjaweed leader), his cousin, and was given free reign to kill, pillage, rape, terrorize the Darfuri people.
In 2004, field reports of Human Rights Watch in Darfur, identified Hemeti as the central figure in the destructive burnings, killings, pillage, looting, following attacks of GoS armed forces on the town of Adwah, Darfur. (see page 44 : “The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) team interviewed Hemeti.”)
HRW Report: Sudan Entrenching Impunity:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/ darfur1205webwcover.pdf
Hemitti continued to operate as a genocide machine for the GoS in Darfur. He was coached and trained by Abdul Fattah Al Burhan, with whom he presently Co-Chairs the Sovereign Council in Sudan.
Hemitti grew in confidence, earned praises from Khartoum, and began to challenge the leadership of his cousin, Musa Hilal. He demanded more money, power, and wanted leadership of all Janjaweed, promising Khartoum that he is the one capable and willing to wipe out all the indigenous populations in Darfur.
In 2008, Hemitti led a rebellion move against Khartoum, challenging them to find a person better than he to clean out Darfur. The BBC Correspondent, Nimaa El Bagir (of Sudanese origin, now with CNN), travelled to Darfur and interviewed Hemeti and his militia. They showed the weapons supplied them by Khartoum, some made in Khartoum, some made in China
Here are the video clips:
After airing this investigative report, Hemeti got what he asked for from Khartoum: more money, weapons, power, and most importantly, higher military rank. The shift of power away from Musa Hilal and towards Hemeti had begun. From 2008 to 2017, Hemitti was making progress on his promise to implement the final solution to Darfur’s indigenous population.
In 2015, Human Rights Watch field teams in Darfur documented atrocities committed by Janjaweed militias (now bearing the name of Rapid Support Forces, RSF), all under the leadership of Hemitti. The report: “Men With No Mercy” Rapid Support Forces Attacks against Civilians in Darfur, Sudan.” See link below:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/ sudan0915_insert_lowres_with_cover.pdf
Companies owned by Sudanese Establishment
Companies owned by Security Apparatus
Petronid Oil Co.: Oil and petroleum products;
Higlied Oil Co.: Crude oil excavation, pipeline oil transportation, refineries, oil expert;
El Hadaf Security Services: Security services;
Lulu Palace Engineering Co.: Engineering contracting services;
El Gezira Trading and Services Co.: Export/import; general trading;
El Raiya El Khadraa: Owners of a fleet of cargo planes;
The Sudanese Air Transportation Services Co.: Air transportation;
The Egyptian-Sudanese Bank: Owned by Sudanese and Egyptian Intelligence, equally;
General Trading Co., Dubai (UAE): Involved in all deals with Dubai, UAE;
Soba Water Co.: Provides services in water irrigation projects, Agricultural equipment;
Partner: in all communication companies; mobile phones, internet, communications;
Partner, Glad Co.: Maker of all military hardware, vehicles, steel cables, furniture;
Sudomine Gold Mining Co.: Gold mining;
International Mining Co.: Mining of various minerals and metals;
Companies owned by Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
El Fakher Co.: Gold and mineral mining;
El Gunaid Companies: Construction and engineering contracting, trading, agricultural products, gum arabic export, general import/export, military contractor/importer of military equipment, partners with flour mill owners;
Companies owned by the military establishment
General Works Group: Deals with any business, vital commodities, import/export, contracting, marble manufacturing, tanneries, textile factories, export of gum Arabic, sesame, and other agricultural products, cooking oil refineries, agent to Chinese manufacturers, (eg. Haier);
Kadam Meat Processing Complex: The only meat processing plant for export in the country;
Atlas Co.: Importer of medical equipment, pharmaceutical drugs and products;
Saria Industrial Complex: Owner of factories in leather products, chemicals, and plastics. Contractors and builders of construction products;
Sour Industrial Complex: Operates factories for building materials—cement, re-bar steel, roof metals, glass, bricks, etc.;
El Zargaa Engineering Complex: Engineering, contracting, builders of big projects, eg. governmental and infrastructural projects, and building projects, including airports, military projects, and building complexes;
Zadna Group: Contractors of building roads and bridges, large agricultural projects, agriculture equipment, dairy products, agricultural products export;
Nasr Companies Processing factories, export of gum Arabic, fruites, and fruit juices;
EL Satil Co.: Transportation giant, fleet of trucks, monopolizing contracts from government and other large entities;
Karari Co.: Controls the health market, including clinics, medical services, and pharmaceuticals;
Alaa Real Estate: Properties
List of Genocides
1955 - 1972: Khartoum vs. S. Sudanese People, 1 million deaths
1983 - 2005: Khartoum vs. S. Sudanese People, 2.5 million deaths
1988 - 2002: Khartoum vs. Nuba People, 100,000 deaths
2003 - 2013: Khartoum vs. Darfuri People, 500,000 deaths
2011 - 2013: Khartoum vs. Nuba, Blue Nile, 50,000 deaths