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Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti and Burhan prepare to cross swords

Top: Hemeti (right) with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Movin on 26 February 2022. Bottom: Burhan (left) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince MbZ on 10 March 2022. © Mohamed Hamdan Daglo/Twitter/Sudanese transitional sovereign council official Government page/Facebook

The vice-president of the Sudanese sovereignty council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, and President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have been on a round of trips abroad. Each is trying to establish himself as the sole interlocutor for the country's main partners. [...]

Published on 16.03.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Abiy Ahmed Ali
African Union
Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Mofadl
al-Junaid
Alexander Movin
Dagalo
Hemeti
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
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Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Rapid Support Forces
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Sergei Lavrov
Sudanese Armed Forces
United Nations
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General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' during a reception ceremony in Khartoum on 8 October 2020.

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Michel Xavier Biang, Ambassador of Gabon to the United Nations.

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti and Burhan prepare to cross swords

Comoros islands
AU chair Assoumani to meet all three West Africa junta leaders

Spotlight | Sudan
AU sets out plan to take the reins on Sudan de-escalation

Sudan
Security Council mulls renewal of UNITAMS mandate

Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti both using envoys to sway African Union chair

Sudan
African Union set to decide on who should secure Khartoum airport

Sudan
General al-Burhan dispatches his emissaries on regional diplomatic tour

Spotlight | Sudan
Security Council paralysed by internal tensions

Sudan
Hemeti seeks spin doctor in Europe

South Sudan
South Sudan on borrowed time with AU Peace and Security Council

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Hemeti allows mediation on disputed Abyei territory to stall

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Libyan diplomats and businesses make beeline for Darfur

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IGAD struggles to respond to devastating Horn of Africa drought

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Friction between Paris and Libreville at the UN over Russia

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UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

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MbZ attempting to engineer Hamdok's return

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Elections: African Union observers concerned about Kiir's real intentions

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Hemeti-Moscow honeymoon irks Cairo

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