Osman Kebir

Osman Kebir, also known as Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir, is the governor of the North Darfur province of Sudan. He was previously the governor of North Darfur. In September 2018, Kebir was appointed as the Second Vice President of Sudan.

He has publicly denied that the Janjaweed had any link to the government. In October 2004, he accused numerous international organizations and observers of the Darfur conflict of bias against the Sudanese government. Kofi Annan met him in provincial capital El Fasher in 2004, to call on protection of Darfur villagers.

At the beginning of December 2010, Kebir began an offensive against the towns in which the SLA-MM had a presence. The initial goal of crushing the rebels became an excuse to brutalize the Zaghawa population. Kebir armed and encouraged non-Zaghawa populations to fight and expel Zaghawas. Between March–June 2011, a large number of Zaghawas were displaced as a result of their indiscriminate aerial bombardments on Jabal Marra. During these events, tribal militiamen, mainly Tunjur and some Birgid, organized a massacre against the Zaghawas in Abu Zerega with the approval of the authorities.