Musa Hilal is a Sudanese tribal chief and Janjaweed militia leader. The Arab Janjaweed militia led a military campaign in Dafur against its citizens in 2003 which was seen as an attempt at genocide--ethnic cleansing "against Dafur's black African population" (BBC). Afterwards, the UN placed sanctions on Hilal because he was suspected of violating UN laws in Dafur when leading the military campaign. In January 2008, Hilal was nominated as the chief advisor of the Ministry of Federal Affairs of Sudan which gave him more military power. In January 2014, Hilal created a new political group known as the Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council.
Musa Hilal has a long history of running into problems with the law. In the 1990s, he was imprisoned on charges of murdering 17 people. He was accused and imprisoned for robbing a bank and in the early 2000s he was imprisoned by the governor of Nothern Dafur. According to a source used by Wikipedia, "On February 27, 2008, Mr. Reeves reported the destruction of 30 villages, the assassination of 200 people, the rape of over 200 girls and women, and the kidnapping of 150 women and 200 children.[7] These actions, Reeves argued, were executed by Janjaweed militias under direct order of militia leader, Musa Hilal." (Wikipedia)
Currently, Hilal is imprisoned after being arrested for fighting Sudanese law enforcement in North Dafur. He would not give up his weapons after his forces ambushed the Sudanese forces.His son who is also following in his footsteps, Habeeb, has also been arrested.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_Hilal
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42141938
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