Gathering of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Forces (GSJEF) - Abdallah Banda
2023-11 to 2024-11
UN Panel S/2024/65 para 12: GSJEF, 'a Darfurian armed group based in Libya and led by Abdallah Banda, publicly announced in November [2023] its decision to join the SAF against the RSF' - 'Banda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court'. S/2025/239 paras 62-63: 'Former JEM regiments under the command of General Abdallah Banda ... comprising 300 to 400 fighters and up to 100 vehicles, was stationed near Sabha'; 'In early September [2024], forces under the command of Abdallah Banda and Mansour Arbab crossed the border from southern Libya into eastern Chad ... before proceeding to El Malha in North Darfur. The primary objective ... was to reinforce SAF-aligned joint forces in the El Fasher area'. Para 97: 'mobilization of an additional 100 armed vehicles under the command of Abdallah Banda' in the desert campaign against RSF supply routes (Sayah, Bir Mazza, Kulbus).
- Response
- Not captured.
- Sanctions
- ICC arrest warrant (Darfur situation, Haskanita case) per UN Panel; no sanctions listing checked in this pass.
›Research notes
Cross-border movement of an armed group from Libya through Chad into Darfur to fight on the SAF side. Panel does not describe payment or a broker. S/2025/239 para 62 separately notes an SLM-MM defector group (Jarelnabi Abdul Kareem) 'providing security for oil smuggling operations and the transportation of used cars for resale on behalf of RSF' - that is RSF-linked, not SAF.
- 1UN Panel of Experts on the Sudan, final report S/2024/65 · docs.un.org · 15 Jan 2024
- 2UN Panel of Experts on the Sudan, final report S/2025/239 (covers 2024) · docs.un.org · 17 Apr 2025