Osman Kebir, also known as Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir, is the governor of the

North Darfur North Darfur State ( ar, ولاية شمال دارفور Wilāyat Šamāl Dārfūr; ''Shamal Darfor'') is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states composing the Darfur region. It has an area of 296,420 km2 and a ...

province of

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. He was previously the governor of North Darfur. In September 2018, Kebir was appointed as the Second Vice President of Sudan. He has publicly denied that the

Janjaweed The Janjaweed ( ar, جنجويد, Janjawīd, lit=mounted gunman; also transliterated ''Janjawid'') are a Sudanese Arab militia group that operate in Sudan, particularly Darfur, and eastern Chad. Using the United Nations definition, the Janjaweed ...

had any link to the government. In October 2004, he accused numerous international organizations and observers of the

Darfur conflict The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, is a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups be ...

of bias against the Sudanese government.

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met him in provincial capital

El Fasher Al Fashir, Al-Fashir or El Fasher ( ar, الفاشر) is the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. It is a large town in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, northeast of Nyala, Sudan. "Al-Fashir" (description) ''Encyclopædia Britann ...

in 2004, to call on protection of

Darfur Darfur ( ; ar, دار فور, Dār Fūr, lit=Realm of the Fur) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju ( ar, دار داجو, Dār Dājū, links=no) while ruled by the Daju, ...

villagers. At the beginning of December 2010, Kebir began an offensive against the towns in which the SLA-MM had a presence. The initial goal of crushing the rebels became an excuse to brutalize the

Zaghawa Zaghawa may refer to: * Zaghawa people * Zaghawa language Zaghawa is a Saharan language spoken by the Zaghawa people of east-central Chad (in the Sahel) and northwestern Sudan (Darfur). The people who speak this language call it Beria, from ''Be ...

population. Kebir armed and encouraged non-Zaghawa populations to fight and expel Zaghawas. Between March–June 2011, a large number of Zaghawas were displaced as a result of their indiscriminate aerial bombardments on Jabal Marra. During these events, tribal militiamen, mainly

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and some Birgid, organized a massacre against the Zaghawas in Abu Zerega with the approval of the authorities.https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/darfur-armed-opposition-groups-and-coalitions

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