Kresh people

The Kreich (also Kreish, Kresh, yelp ) are an ethnic group from Africa. Primarily, they inhabit the Ubangi area in the east of the Central African Republic as well as in the border region of western Sudan.

Ursprpnglich they come from the Nile Basin. Actually they speak a Nilo-Saharan language, but more and more Banda prevails. Increasing assimilate the Kreish with Banda.

End of the 19th century, the Kreich were the target of Sudanese slave hunters, among them al - Zubayr Rahma. Some Kreich were working for al - Zubayr and when he was defeated by Egypt, they were active again as a slave hunter.