The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has held talks with Kenya’s President William Ruto to discuss the conflict raging in the East African state.
Gen Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, said on social platform X that he had outlined his “vision regarding stopping the war and starting negotiations” with the Sudanese army.
Gen Dagalo has been on a charm offensive, visiting several regional leaders – including Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed – in a bid to gain the political upper-hand over his rival army chief, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
He has also held talks with Sudan’s former Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, promising to free hundreds of prisoners and opening humanitarian corridors so that aid could get into areas affected by the conflict.
Gen Dagalo and Gen Burhan jointly seized power in a coup in 2021, derailing Sudan’s transition to democracy under Mr Hamdok.
The two men fell out last year, plunging the country into a civil war has left thousands of people dead and millions displaced.
The RSF controls much of the capital Khartoum, the city of Wad Madani, and most of the western Darfur region.
