Islamist Leader Says Militias Formed Due To ‘Existential Threat’
Sanaa Hamad says Bara’ Ibn Malik fighters are volunteers mobilized to defend state, rejects fears of parallel army
A controversial Sudanese Islamist leader has defended the mobilization of pro-army militias in the ongoing conflict, arguing that groups such as the Bara’ Ibn Malik brigade and other militias were created in response to an “existential threat” against the state rather than as a parallel military structure.