Feud between Burhan and RSF's Hemedti risks civil war in Sudan
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) and Rapid Support Forces commander Gen Mohamed Hamdan Daglo 'Hemedti'. A feud between the two risks dragging the country into a civil war. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP
A battle that is hammering Khartoum and dragging Sudan to the brink of civil war pits the country’s army chief and his regular forces against the streetwise fighters loyal to a former warlord.
Army head General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan controls heavy weapons and the air force, but his soldiers face an irregular force led by the wealthy one-time militia leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as ‘Hemedti’.
