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Vol 67 No 22

Published 6th November 2026


Sudan

Defections test the family running the RSF

Disputes over patronage, casualties and local power are straining Hemeti’s militia, without depriving it of the capacity to wage war

A succession of defections by senior cadres in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) run by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti’ are changing the dynamics of its war with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). The mini-exodus is seen by SAF commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan as a sign of internal fractures and the impending collapse of the RSF but that overstates the reality for now.

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