Sudan experienced in mid-April 2023 an unprecedented military rebellion by the Rapid Support Forces, which are considered auxiliary forces. The word "Janjaweed" refers to a general meaning that benefits an armed force that is uncontrolled and capable of oppression.

It is the nickname by which the first nucleus of what will become in less than two decades a parallel army and a state within a state. Some people have made it a name carved from the phrase "jinn on a horse", and others have madeIt from three words, all beginning with the letter Jim: Jinn, Jawad, and Jim three (G3)