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Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti's youngest brother emerges from shadows in bid for RSF prominence

Published on 17.11.2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Khartoum, Sudan, on 19 February 2023. © Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

Under new international sanctions, the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces is increasingly divided. With Hemeti's inner circle no longer able to travel freely, the general's youngest brother al-Gony Hamdan Dagalo is trying to establish himself as the paramilitary group's new ambassador.

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Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti's youngest brother emerges from shadows in bid for RSF prominence

Under new international sanctions, the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces is increasingly divided. With Hemeti's inner circle no longer able to travel freely, the general's youngest brother al-Gony Hamdan Dagalo is trying to establish himself as the paramilitary group's new ambassador.

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Spotlight | Sudan Hemeti's youngest brother emerges from shadows in bid for RSF prominence

Under new international sanctions, the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces is increasingly divided. With Hemeti's inner circle no longer able to travel freely, the general's youngest brother al-Gony Hamdan Dagalo is trying to establish himself as the paramilitary group's new ambassador.

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Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti's youngest brother emerges from shadows in bid for RSF prominence

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Hemeti manoeuvres to win support for his parallel government project

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