Absentia death sentence for Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, so what do we know about Hemedti and his rise in Sudan?

Absentia death sentence for Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, so what do we know about Hemedti and his rise in Sudan?

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A Sudanese court issued an in absentia death sentence against Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, and 15 others, including his brother Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, deputy commander of the forces, in the case of the murder of former West Darfur governor Khamis Abdullah Abkar.

The verdict was issued by the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court in Port Sudan, the first judicial ruling against Hemedti since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023 between the army, led by Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces led by Hemedti.

Khamis Abkar was killed in June 2023 in the city of El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state, during a wave of widespread violence that accompanied the fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.

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