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- proper noun A Saharan tribe of Sudan and Chad.
- proper noun The language spoken by this tribe.
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Examples
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Tim Niblock has asked us to make clear that he has no evidence that members of the Zaghawa are involved in the present conflict Dubai banks, plush London pads and Italian water: a truly global portfolio, 23 February, page 7.
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Tim Niblock, a professor specialising in Middle Eastern politics at the University of Exeter, was reported as mentioning that Gaddafi is thought to have given money in the 1990s to the Zaghawa, a tribe dwelling in Darfur, Sudan, and in Chad.
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Some Zaghawa, he was quoted as suggesting, might be among the various African mercenaries being used by the Gaddafi regime in the current Libyan conflict.
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"There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. al-Bashir acted with specific intent to destroy in part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups," the judges concluded.
International Criminal Court charges Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide 2010
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"There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. al-Bashir acted with specific intent to destroy in part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups," the judges concluded.
International court charges Sudan president with genocide 2010
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The Chadian government of President Idriss Déby, which together with the Zaghawa military clan has monopolized power since 1990, said the UN mission should leave the country's eastern region within a few months.
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An arrest warrant for al-Bashir said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" that since April 2003 Sudanese forces attempted genocide against the Darfur tribal groups Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa.
Al-Bashir, Sudan President, Charged With Genocide By ICC 2010
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"There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. al-Bashir acted with specific intent to destroy in part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups," the judges concluded.
International court charges Sudan president with genocide 2010
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The charges stem from al-Bashir's campaigns against tribal groups Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa in Dafur.
Don Kraus: Justice for Darfur Victims - Jail for Bashir 2010
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The prosecutor charged Bashir with approving a counterinsurgency plan that envisaged the "unlawful attack on that part of the civilian population of Darfur -- belonging largely to the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa groups -- perceived by the Government of Sudan" as being close to the rebels.
International court charges Sudan president with genocide 2010
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