Over 300 people have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan's regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-running...
Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, seen here in a composite photograph, have been fighting since SaturdaySUDAN - Over 300 people have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan's regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-running bitter brinkmanship spilled into conflict.
Burhan, a career soldier from northern Sudan who rose the ranks under the three-decade rule of now jailed Bashir, took the top job. The rift widened, with Daglo -- commonly known as Hemeti -- coming to call the coup a"mistake" that has failed to bring about change and invigorated remnants of Bashir's regime.
The infamous militiamen were part of a campaign of terror that saw Bashir indicted for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by the International Criminal Court.In 2015, the heavily armed militia was deployed alongside regular Sudanese forces in the civil war in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition, which helped boost Daglo's profile abroad.
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