Abu Dhabi may continue to back Abiy because of his help in the alliances that it has built in Sudan (with General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti') and in Somalia (with Saïd Abdullahi Deni and former President of Jubaland Ahmed Mohammed Islam Madoobe more than Hasan Sheikh)...

Ramaphosa's warm welcome to Sudanese militia leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' who arrived in Pretoria just days before South Africa's case opened at the ICJ...

Mahamat Kaka's junta and his allied in the UAE have been accused by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF)-backed regime of fuelling the war in Sudan by supplying arms to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...

If they prevail there against the Sudan Armed Forces and allies RSF Commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' can claim to control all of the giant region (about the size of Spain)...

The fulsome rejection of accusations that the RSF is guilty of war crimes comes from its leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and its military commander his brother Gen Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo...

This could soften international criticism of the United Arab Emirates's backing for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' in the Sudan war...

The critical military and logistical support from the United Arab Emirates for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' raises the question of the culpability of Emirati officials in what the UN and other agencies judge is a genocidal campaign against Massalit people in Sudan's Darfur region (Dispatches 19/7/23 ICC to probe war crimes as conflict rages on)...