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)...

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)...