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Sudan court sentences RSF leader Hemedti. What next?

14 July 2026

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A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo - known as Hemedti - to death for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide over atrocities committed in the West Darfur region. Hemedti, along with 15 other senior RSF leaders were sentenced in absentia. We look at what this means for the RSF and its three-year civil war with the Sudan Armed Forces.

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Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Chiamaka Dike and Blessing Aderogba

Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga

Technical Producer: David Nzau

Editors: Rhoda Odhiambo and Maryam Abdalla