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RSF is headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ("Hemedti"), who has been its leader since it was created in 2013 or 2014. [25] [19] As of September 2019, Hemetti's brother Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo is deputy head of RSF. [2] RSF was estimated by Human Rights Watch as having about 5,000–6,000 soldiers in February 2014 in Darfur. [13]
Washington announced sanctions on the leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, barring him and his family from travelling to the U.S. and freezing any U.S. assets he might hold. Financial ...
The US has accused the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide and imposed sanctions on its leader. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Mohamed ...
Leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, widely known as Hemedti, is seen in a 2019 file image in Khartoum, Sudan. / Credit: Reuters.
[38] [39] The RSF was created in 2013 under the leadership of Hemetti, out of former Janjaweed groups of fighters, several of whose leaders and supporters (Ahmed Haroun, Ali Kushayb, Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, in addition to al-Bashir) have been indicted for war crimes by the ICC. [11] [12]
The genocide determination has no legal implication by itself, but it was accompanied by a Treasury Department announcement that RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, also known as Hemedti, had been targeted for sanctions as well as seven RSF-owned companies in the United Arab Emirates, including one handling gold likely smuggled out of Sudan.
The U.S. already had sanctioned five RSF leaders, including two of Hemedti’s brothers. We also determined in December 2023 that members of the RSF committed ethnic cleansing, crimes against ...
Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo (Arabic: عبدالرحيم دقلو) is a Sudanese military officer who is the deputy leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organisation in Sudan. His political influence grew as he became the RSF's deputy leader in 2018, establishing strong ties within the former Bashir regime.