Unveiling the Rise of Sudan's Hemedti to Power.

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as "Hemedti", is the leader of Sudan's powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). He rose to prominence as the deputy leader of a transitional council after former strongman Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in 2019. Despite being a longtime al-Bashir ally, Dagalo took part in overthrowing the president when the 2019 uprising broke out. His RSF forces killed more than 100 people at a protest camp in 2019 outside the Ministry of Defence. Dagalo has cracked down hard on dissenters and has forged powerful ties both in the region and internationally. The latest violence broke out after the army, the RSF, and Sudan's civilian pro-democracy forces reached an agreement in December that plotted out the path to civilian rule.