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Sudan court sentences RSF leader Hemedti. What next?

Sudan’s paramilitary chief sentenced to death over war crimes and genocide in West Darfur. And how a network of whistleblowers is helping fight female genital mutilation in Kenya.

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.

And in Kenya, whistleblowers are tipping off police, helping authorities intervene before girls undergo female genital mutilation.

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

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