Much has been made about the commission's refusal to describe the atrocities by government-backed militias as genocide.

He questioned the devotion to Islam of those in the government-backed militias who attacked his people.

Fighting between rebel groups and government-backed militias has destroyed entire villages, killing more than 200,000 and displacing about 2 million people.

It is suggested her death is connected to her investigations of government-backed militias in the country.

African-Americans have expressed outrage about government-backed militias' practice of taking southerners into forced servitude.

Security forces have labeled protesters as "terrorists" and demonstrators condemned the harsh tactics of government-backed militias.

By the end of June, an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed militias.

Ethnic skirmishes have become commonplace in the south, stoked by government-backed militias.

Slave raids today are conducted almost entirely by government-backed armed militias in western Sudan.

His house was destroyed and he was killed when the government-backed militia attacked.