Commonly known as Hemedti, the general of the Rapid Support Forces rose through the ranks of Janjaweed in 2003-05 war
The story has it that Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – known universally as Hemedti or “little Mohammed” – first became a fighter in the Sudanese Arab Janjaweed militia in Darfur after an armed attack killed dozens of members of his family.
Always an opportunist, he briefly led a rebellion against Bashir and Khartoum in 2007-08, withdrawing his forces into the bush and fighting the army before cutting a deal with the government that promoted him to general. “I’m not the first man to have goldmines,” Hemedti told the BBC. “It’s true, we have goldmines and there’s nothing preventing us from working in gold.”
But by 11 April of that year, sensing the writing was on the wall for Bashir and sniffing another opportunity, he joined army head Burhan – the same figure he is now fighting – in deposing Bashir and ostensibly joining the wider movement for democratic transition.
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