On Africa tour, Sudan's Hemedti takes victory lap, touts himself as future leader - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

Jan 2, 2024

David Degner/Getty Images — Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, visited patients at the Royal Care Hospital on May 4, 2019, in Khartoum, Sudan. — David Degner/Getty Images

Pedestrians and vehicles move along a road outside a branch of the central bank, in the eastern city of Gedaref, Sudan, July 9, 2023.

One year on Sudan’s war: 14,700 killed, 8.6M displaced, 4.9M face starvation

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Sudan's paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (L), with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) in Pretoria, has been greeted as if he were a head of state, analysts say

Sudan paramilitary chief bids for legitimacy in Africa tour: analysts

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US sanctions Sudan paramilitary leader Hemedti's brother for human rights abuses

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

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UN accuses Sudan’s RSF of rape, ethnic killings as Hemedti courts region

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture