Vol 64 No 20 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
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)...
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Suggestions by Sudan Armed Forces commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan that he is willing to open negotiations with his rival Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia offers a chance to negotiate a ceasefire but lacked any clear plan to structure the talks...
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Last week Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) threatened to set up a governing authority in areas under the control of his forces...
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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...
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Burhan's Sudan Armed Forces have opposed Ruto's role as chief mediator for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development the eight-country trade bloc covering Eastern Africa and the Horn arguing that he is a former business ally of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
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The SAF has called for Ruto to be replaced as IGAD's lead mediator accusing his government of harbouring members of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti's' RSF (AC Vol 64 No 14 A man for all summits)...
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General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and the RSF deny all responsibility...
Last month the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the appointment of Ruto to head a quartet formed by IGAD countries to mediate peace talks accusing Kenya of 'bias' towards the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
Vol 64 No 14 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
As Wagner's putsch led by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin unfolded in Russia on 23-24 June many in Africa saw strong parallels with the bid for power launched by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan on 15 April...
Should the SAF prevail it is unthinkable that General Abdel Fattah al Burhan will offer any political or commercial accommodation to General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...