Sudan court sentences RSF leader Hemeti to death in absentia
© Alex McBride / AFP Published on July 13, 2026 at 08:00 am (GMT +1) A court in Sudan’s army-controlled city of Port Sudan on Sunday sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo and 15 others to death in absentia over charges of killing a regional governor and war crimes in Darfur, state media reported.
Sudanese army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Dagalo had jointly led the 2021 coup that derailed Sudan’s transition to civilian rule, before falling out over plans to integrate the RSF into the regular army, a dispute that eventually led to war.
The ruling, issued by a judiciary functioning under the army, is the first against the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since war broke out between the paramilitary group and the Sudanese army in April 2023.
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