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2023 Sudan Conflict
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- Sudan has been overwhelmed in a violent conflict between its military and paramilitary forces.
- The power struggle between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo led to the conflict.
- Abdel is Sudan’s military ruler and head of the army.
- Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti is the country’s deputy and head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
- During Sudan’s Darfur conflict in the early 2000s, he was the leader of Sudan’s notorious Janjaweed forces.
- The Janjaweed militias were first armed and organized in the early 1980s by the Sudanese government.
- Their main purpose was to help the government expand its influence in neighboring civil-war-torn Chad.
- Until recently, the two men were allies who worked together to topple ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
- Also, played a pivotal role in the military coup in 2021.
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