Originally published on the CGS blog on June 22, 2010.
Their names are Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus and they have both voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal Court. The two individuals are each charged with three counts of war crimes as a result of attacking African Union peacekeepers in September 2007 in Haskanita, in northern Darfur. Both men are currently staying at an undisclosed location and they will remain there until the close of the legal proceedings. The case against Jerbo and Banda is the fourth case dealing with genocide taking place in Darfur that has been handled by the International Criminal Court.
Facts of the Haskanita Attack
- Both men led armed groups which carried out the attack in September 2007
- Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain led splinter forces of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)
- Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus led troops from a breakaway faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement
- Approximately 1,000 men were armed with anti-aircraft guns, artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers
- 12 peacekeepers died, 8 others were severely wounded
- Additionally, peacekeepers’ communications installations, dormitories and vehicles were destroyed and computers, cell phones, uniforms, ammunition and money were stolen by the attackers
- The attack led by Banda and Jerbo constituted the deadliest single attack on the peacekeepers since the peacekeepers began their mission in 2004
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