Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain (Arabic: عبد الله باندا أباكر نورين), commonly referred to as Abdallah Banda (عبد الله باندا), was the Commander-in-Chief of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Collective-Leadership, one of the components of the United Resistance Front.
As of June 2019[update], he is wanted for trial before the International Criminal Court for three counts of war crimes allegedly committed during the Haskanita raids against African Union peacekeepers within the context of the Darfur conflict in Sudan.
According to information from the International Criminal Court,[1] Abdallah Banda was born in or around 1963 in Wai, Dar Kobe, North Darfur.
On the evening of 29 September 2007, groups led by Banda and Jerbo are alleged to have attacked African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) soldiers at the Haskanita Military Group Site in Umm Kadada in North Darfur.
They were charged with three counts of war crimes: violence to life, pillaging and attacking peacekeepers.