Hemedti: Warlord who made his cash selling camels and gold, now controls half of Sudan

As Sudan burns during the ongoing worst form of conflict, ALEX DE WAAL traces the rise of Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, a vicious military commander who befriended UAE and Russia’s Wagner group, and is now controlling half of Sudan amid killings of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese.

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