In this period a new militia called the Janjaweed, partially drawing upon the Beni Halba, was first formed. In 1991 the Sudan People's Liberation Army, then fighting the Second Sudanese Civil War in the south of the country, sent a force under Daud Bolad to expand the conflict into Darfur. However, Bolad's force was annihilated by a combination of the army and Beni Halba fursan ("horsemen"), who then carried out reprisal attacks against Fur civilians.
During this period, a new militia called the Janjaweed was formed, partly drawing from the Beni Halba. In 1991, the Sudan People's Liberation Army, engaged in the Second Sudanese Civil War in the south of the country, sent a force under Daud Bolad to expand the conflict into Darfur. However, Bolad's force was destroyed by a combination of the army and Beni Halba horsemen, who then carried out retaliatory attacks against Fur civilians.