I n late August, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, ordered Starlink terminals switched off in An-Nuhud, the largest city in West Kordofan, on the doorstep of the Darfur region. Youssef Alayin, the regional governor of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), relayed the directive on the ground, along with an order confining residents to their homes and closing the area's markets.
At the same time, a large convoy of paramilitary reinforcements under Hemeti's command arrived from Darfur and entered the city

