The Power Struggle of Sudan's Feared Generals.
TL;DR
General Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, better known as Hemedti, is the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary group in Sudan. Hemedti's RSF is made up of Darfurian Arabs known as Janjaweed and has become more powerful than the Sudanese state. Hemedti's rise to power is an example of political entrepreneurship through violence. He has become the face of Sudan's violent, political marketplace and is the first non-establishment ruler in Sudan for 120 years. Despite grievances against Hemedti's paramilitaries, he is still recognized as a Darfurian and an outsider to the Sudanese establishment.
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