The Desert Dawn is a resistance group in ZAFT-occupied Northern Africa. The group is led by Sahib Ashman and its members are recruited from nearby towns like Tassil, Moula, and the city of Banadiya. They were assisted by the Earth Alliance's Archangel to free North Africa from ZAFT control. This rebel group of Arabs are mostly from Arab Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. They specialize in guerrilla warfare. They are poorly equipped, only possessing obsolete Missile trucks, RPGs and Helis. Their main rival was the ZAFT-occupied Northern Africa team who was led by Andrew Waltfeld.