General Abdel Fattah al Burhan mocked by his adversaries as the 'basement commander' – a reference to his decision to stay in the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) General Command Compound from the start of the war in April until late August – has been using his freedom since then to mobilise diplomatic support against Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...

In recent years the Gulf state has interfered in regional politics and wars backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka 'Hemeti' in Sudan as well as Libyan warlord General Khalifa Haftar (AC Vol 64 No 15 Hemeti's grand plan is stalemated)...

Agar's boss Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan went the rounds of his international supporters mainly Egypt and Turkey when he attended the UN General Assembly in New York a few days later but failed to win their full backing while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ramps up its support of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur (AC Vol 62 No 22 Burhan tries to negotiate after coup falters)...

When the war of the generals broke out on 15 April General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had clear objectives: to thwart the plan to subsume his paramilitary force under the command of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) within two years and to do so his fighters would capture General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and other senior military officers...

WHO'S WHO IN THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti': the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hails from South Darfur where the section of the Rizeigat tribe that moved from Chad settled in 1987...

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and the RSF deny all responsibility...