- The Janjaweed fighters attack innocent tribes and villages, such as the Fur, to eliminate those who have different views from their own. The group organized because they were the majority of their region, they come from the north of Darfur and it was easy for them to organize because of their close proximity to each other.
- Many ride on horseback raiding towns and using automatic weapons to destroy anyone in their path.
- The Janjaweed force tribes to live in fear by staging random attacks.
