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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Arabic: محمد حمدان دقلو, romanized: Muḥammad Ḥamdān Daqlū, born 1974 or 1975), generally referred to mononymously as Hemedti [1] (Arabic: حميدتي, romanized: Ḥamīdtī; also spelled Hemetti [7] or Hemeti [8]; meaning "little Mohamed"), [9] is a Sudanese military officer and the current head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The RSF is led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. [29] In 2019, popular uprisings against the Bashir regime began across Sudan, especially in Khartoum. [30] The Sudanese government, aided by the RSF, shot at protesters, killing dozens of people over a period of several months in Khartoum and Omdurman.
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, Hemedti'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]
The leader of Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo met on Monday with civilian pro-democracy politicians in Addis Ababa, the latest stop in a foreign tour as his ...
The RSF's Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, is seen in Khartoum in 2023. - Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters The two men – former allies – jointly ousted President Omar al-Bashir ...
The commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, Mohamed Dagalo, accused Egypt of involvement in the civil war in Sudan, claiming that the Egyptian military has conducted ...
A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. The two opponent factions consist of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti. [19]
Six weeks after a coup d'etat in Sudan, high-profile military leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo is evolving into an increasingly influential political force. The involvement of so powerful a ...