The Rapid Support Forces under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo captured this region’s Jebel Amer gold mine in 2017. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this region in Western Sudan where former president Omar al-Bashir oversaw a war of ethnic cleansing from 2003 to 2020.
ANSWER: Darfur
[10h] The war was partly perpetrated by Arab militias known by this name. During the War in Darfur, the government of Sudan organized the militias known by this name into the Rapid Support Forces.
ANSWER: Janjaweed [or Janjawid]
[10e] Gold from the Jebel Amer mine has allegedly been used to fund the Wagner Group, a private military company funded by this country. In June 2023, Wagner Group rebelled against this country’s president Vladimir Putin.
ANSWER: Russia [or the Russian Federation; or Rossiya; or Rossiyskaya Federatsiya]
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