Since Sudan’s civil war started in April 2023, one of its two main belligerents, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, has drummed up support by claiming to be taking on pillars of the Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) that was led for decades by former president Omar al-Bashir. But while many of these so-called “keizan” are indeed key players in the regular Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against which Hemeti’s paramilitary Rapid
Since Sudan’s civil war started in April 2023, one of its two main belligerents, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, has drummed up support by claiming to be taking on pillars of the Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) that was led for decades by former president Omar al-Bashir. But while many of these so-called “keizan” are indeed key players in the regular Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against which Hemeti’s paramilitary Rapid Read More
