Why Sudan's poison is others' meat

Sudan's Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (left).


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On Monday, Sudan’s government, led by Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, refused to join a regional meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, aimed at ending three months of brutal fighting, accusing Kenya of favouring rival forces.

A tussle for power between al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, popularly known as Hemedti, commander of the rebellious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), turned into war mid-April and has since killed around 3,000 people and displaced millions.