All of them have called on the rival military leaders General Abdel Fattah al Burhan of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to pause the fighting that has claimed over 400 lives and wounded over 3 500 in the capital alone according to the UN Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...
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Last week following weeks of interrogation by the opposition Miltiadis Varvitsiotis a junior foreign affairs minister in the conservative Greek government admitted that it had granted permission to export the Predator software to Sudan where it is believed to have been used by the Rapid Support Forces led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
Greek opposition lawmakers say that the software was transported by plane from Cyprus to Khartoum in late 2022 and delivered to the RSF led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
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The civilian Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) and the two leaders of the military junta General Abdel Fattah al Burhan Commander of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' who heads the Rapid Support Forces signed the framework plan in December (AC Vol 64 No 2 History won't repeat itself)...
No surprises there perhaps but the next day his number two Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' followed him to the Chadian capital – but with a different agenda...
Gen Bichara Isse Djadallah Mahamat Kaka's senior presidential military advisor is a cousin of Gen Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' (Rizeigat/Mahariyya) the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan and number two in the Sudanese regime...
Gen Bichara Isse Djadallah Mahamat Kaka's senior presidential military advisor is a cousin of Gen Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' (Rizeigat/Mahariyya) the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan and number two in the Sudanese regime...
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- ERITREA
- RUSSIA
He has recently been cultivating General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' deputy head of the ruling Sovereign Council of Sudan who visited Asmara and Addis Ababa last January...
Hours after the ceremony hailing the framework agreement it became clear that again General Abdel Fattah el Burhan the junta leader and his deputy Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' interpreted the text differently...
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But the previous day Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' reiterated the military's pledge to quit and leave civilians to run the transition so it 'lays the foundations for a real democratic transformation' although his advisor Lieutenant General El Taher Abu Haja added the new civilian government would have to be agreed by 'all Sudanese or be elected'...
Ructions within the Rapid Support Forces Within the Rapid Support Forces militia of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' the entry of new interest groups – including loyalists to Darfur warlord Musa Hilal – has caused ructions...
The Wagner Group also has its own mines division and deploys gold-mining equipment it has brought in from the mines it runs in neighbouring Sudan with the permission of Sudan junta number two Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
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- HORN OF AFRICA
Yet despite continuing violence and another coup last October there is no end in sight to the rivalry between the Rapid Support Forces of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and the Sudan Armed Forces under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan nor an unequivocal resolution in favour of military rule as a whole...