The military and the allied Rapid Support Forces headed by Sovereignty Council number two Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' have benefited from the support of the UAE Egypt and Saudi Arabia even if these countries feel obliged to allow for some involvement of civilians in the running of Sudan...
Another precondition of disarming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' is even more unacceptable to the military...
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti': The deputy head of Sudan's Sovereignty Council and commander of the RSF militia with its estimated 40 000 fighters Hemeti hopes to use the peace talks to revamp his image for his post-transition presidential ambitions...
At the same time the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces under Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' want to strike a deal while they still dominate most of the institutions...
Watching developments closely is Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' the number two on the Sovereignty Council and commander of the Rapid Security Forces militia (AC Vol 60 No 12 Freedom under fire)...
The SRF wants the Rapid Support Forces of Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' to be absorbed into the SAF before the SRF so that it would not continue as an independent military force outside the SAF chain of command a source familiar with the talks told Africa Confidential...
They are wary of the growing power of the chairman of the ruling Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia still an autonomous military force (AC Vol 60 No 14 Military roadblocks)...
They are wary of the growing power of the chairman of the ruling Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia still an autonomous military force (AC Vol 60 No 14 Military roadblocks)...
Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo aka 'Hemeti' flew to Cairo to meet President Abdel Fattah el Sisi...
Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo aka 'Hemeti' flew to Cairo to meet President Abdel Fattah el Sisi...
Hemeti riskShould Khartoum open cooperation with the ICC the most vulnerable figure in the government would be Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' who had the most direct involvement in Darfur because he led a unit of the Janjaweed militia there which was since rebranded as the RSF...
Hemeti riskShould Khartoum open cooperation with the ICC the most vulnerable figure in the government would be Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' who had the most direct involvement in Darfur because he led a unit of the Janjaweed militia there which was since rebranded as the RSF...
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On the face of it it is just another lucrative lobbying deal with Israeli arms dealer turned lobbyist Ari Ben Menashe bagging another US$1 million contract to add Tunisian media mogul and presidential hopeful Nabil Karoui to a client list that includes Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti deputy leader of Sudan's Transitional Military Council (AC Vol 60 No 16 Lobbyist of last resort)...
Déby has an ally in Khartoum in the form of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo known as Hemeti the deputy leader of the TMC...
MBZ and MBS have emerged as key backers of the Sudanese junta led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan and his deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo ('Hemeti')...
MBZ and MBS have emerged as key backers of the Sudanese junta led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan and his deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo ('Hemeti')...
The widely publicised US$6 million lobbying contract between controversial Washington lobbyist Ari Ben-Menashe with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti deputy leader of Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) to supply the Sudanese military secure meetings with international leaders and 'correct unfavourable international media coverage' of the junta has prompted outrage in Khartoum civil society...
