Mahamid

The Mahamid clan is a sub-category of the greater Sudanese-Arab Rizeigat tribe in Northern Darfur, and is being led by Sheikh Musa Hilal. The Mahamid are mostly known for supplying forces to the Janjaweed militias, who are --although not officially-- being backed by the federal Islamic government in Sudan's capital Khartoum.

Diffa Arabs tribes people of eastern Niger retain connections with the Mahamid clan, and are sometimes refer to themseleves as Mahamid.