Among Tribes recruited are mainly Tauregs, Toubou's, Sahrawi's, Zaghawa's, Tama's etc.
Formerly associated with the Seleka rebel group, they receives payout through cigarette smuggler Ousmane Zaidou and
Also, some Peul/fulani members of radical movements like The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara #ISGS in the Mali/Niger border and Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s al-Murabitun islamist movement are been
Suffice to say, many Peul/Fulani herders in have suffered killings in hundreds & arson from indigenous groups on reprisals.
Ethnic nationalism & religious radicalism now taking hold of traditional Peuls should not be allowed to fester as this might lead to a civil war in that country.