The last-minute cancellation of a press conference in Nairobi on 13 January by senior officials in the Rapid Support Forces suggests that its commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' is losing ground diplomatically as well as militarily in the civil war that has wracked Sudan since April 2023...
Ethiopia is now closely linked to the UAE's own regional and geopolitical interests including its support for the Rapid Support Forces and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' in Sudan...
With access to weapons from Egypt Iran Russia and Turkey the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) has been recovering ground it lost to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti'...
Chadian officials found that hypocritical as France state has contacts with General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' and the Rapid Support Forces and works closely with their sponsors the United Arab Emirates...
Providing weapons and finance to Ndjamena UAE officials calculate they can buy off opposition to their support for General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' in Sudan (AC Vol 65 No 21 Mahamat Kaka's Darfur policy starts blowing back)...
' The contract will raise eyebrows as the Burhan-led regime fighting a devastating war with General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti''s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is helping to cause to famine putting over a million Sudanese at risk but is not internationally recognised...
United Arab Emirates leader Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahayan wants to strengthen Kaka's role in the supply chain to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti'...
Burhan's SAF has proved even more unwilling than its opponent the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' to send representatives to ceasefire negotiations...
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RSF Commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' was initially reluctant to launch an offensive against El Fasher...
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It is hard to take the SAF's repudiation of the attack at face value coming just days after General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's veiled references to the UAE in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly as one of the main ‘regional and political players' backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his rival General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (AC Vol 65 No 16 As the civil war threatens the region the UAE boosts Hemeti's militia)...
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US officials argued this would deter the UAE from playing a spoiler role in support of RSF Commander Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti'...