Khartoum Orchestrating Darfur

upporting the militias.

Human Rights Watch said Mr Hilal made the allegations during a videotaped interview in Arabic, conducted in September last year.

The group released part of the interview on Wednesday, saying that translation and formatting of the tape had delayed its publication.

“All the people in the field are led by top army commanders,” Mr Hilal told researchers during the interview.

“These people get their orders from the Western command centre and from Khartoum.”