Meanings of arm militias in English

It also said it was not arming militias to fight its battles or discriminating between ethnic groups there.

Some southerners blame their former foes in Khartoum, accusing them of arming militias before elections set for next year.

Some southern politicians have blamed their old civil war foes in the north of arming militias in a bid to destabilise the region.

But the semi-autonomous region has accused the north of arming militias to destabilise it before the vote, which most analysts believe will result in secession.