Popular Defence Forces - Wikipedia
网页The Popular Defense Forces (PDF, Arabic: قوات الدفاع الشعبي, romanized: Qūwāt al-Difāʻ al-Shaʻbī) are a Sudanese paramilitary force, the formulation of the ‘Popular Defence’ policy in Sudan goes back to 1985 after an attack on the village of al-Gardud in Kordofan state in July 1985, Following the attack, a government ...
网页One of the key institutions in this ‘paramilitary revolution’ is the Popular Defence Forces (PDF). Formed as a legal entity by decree in November 1989, the PDF has served simultaneously as a praetorian guard for a weak regime that distrusted the coup-prone military and as an umbrella institution supporting
Tribal Militias in Sudan - Origins
网页The Popular Defence Forces was formed in 1989 through the Popular Defences Act, which defined the PDF as a “semi-military” force consisting of Sudanese civilians. The PDF was not a local militia, although it played a major role in arming and training the militias.
A Paramilitary Revolution: The Popular Defence Forces (HSBA …
网页A Paramilitary Revolution: The Popular Defence Forces provides a historical review of the Popular Defence Forces (PDF) from 1989 until 2006, focusing on its emergence and evolution as a national institution.
Sudan: A paramilitary revolution - The popular defence forces
网页2007年11月10日 · One of the key elements in this 'paramilitary revolution' was the Popular Defence Forces (PDF), formed as a legal entity by decree in November 1989.
A critical juncture for Sudan’s democratic transition
网页2023年3月28日 · The Popular Defence Forces, established by the National Islamic Front in the 1990s, have been reactivated under different names in several parts of the country and there are reports of mobilization and recruitment of armed militias in Darfur.
ICC accuses Sudan and rebels of Darfur war crimes
网页2024年1月30日 · The government, under then-President Omar al-Bashir, responded with aerial bombings and unleashed the militia group Popular Defence Forces, also known as the Janjaweed, which is accused of mass...
Surviving revolution and democratisation: the Sudan armed forces, …
网页2023年5月22日 · Turabi did not restore SAF's monopoly on violence but recycled al-Murahalin as part of the Popular Defence Forces (PDF), an Islamist militia comprising a range of hard-core ideologues, forcibly conscripted students, …
Sudan: Popular Defence Forces (al Difa'a al Shaabi) Updated
网页2011年3月31日 · Until the emergence of the Border Intelligence Brigade, the Popular Defence Force (PDF), formed in 1989 as a dedicated Islamist militia, was the main instrument for mobilization in Darfur, sending...
Sudan - Popular Defense Force - GlobalSecurity.org
网页2014年6月1日 · The Popular Defense Force, the military wing of the National Islamic Front, consists of 10,000 active members, with 85,000 reserves [as of 2004]. It has been deployed alongside regular army units...