RSF senior commander defects, accusing Sudan group’s leadership of nepotism
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Senior commander Siddiq Ander says he has defected from Sudan‘s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to exclusive video footage obtained by Al Jazeera.
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The footage, published on Friday, shows Ander accusing relatives of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti”, of tightly controlling the group’s finances, weapons, troop movements and military promotions.
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Ander’s exit follows a string of high-profile defections this year, with some commanders leaving alongside hundreds of fighters.
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“It has become clear to us beyond any doubt that we were serving a purely family-based project controlled by Hemedti’s relatives in every aspect, money, weapons, fighters’ movements and the granting of ranks,” Ander said.
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“Anyone who speaks out and tells the whole truth faces expulsion, imprisonment or a hidden death.” Hemedti’s brother, Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, serves as the RSF deputy commander.
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A wave of defections has seen several senior RSF commanders leave the group this year, including Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Azraq al-Fanjari, who announced on October 8 that he was leaving, along with 300 officers and soldiers and 30 military vehicles.
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Al-Fanjari also urged other fighters to abandon the RSF, expressing regret over the suffering caused by the war.
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His announcement came after the September 25 defection of Al-Tayeb al-Wahidu, who joined the enemy Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) with 50 fighters in Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, according to The Sudan Tribune.
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Al-Wahidu cited abuses within the RSF as his reason for leaving.
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Earlier, in May, Brigadier Ali Rizqallah, known as Savannah, announced his departure.
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Yet another senior commander, Major General al-Nour Ahmed Adam, known as al-Qubba, joined the SAF in April and was publicly welcomed by Sudanese leader and military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
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Al-Qubba’s departure followed disagreements over military appointments within the RSF leadership, the Tribune reported.
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Sudan’s war erupted in April 2023 after a power struggle between the army and the RSF, including disagreements over plans to integrate the paramilitary group into the regular military.
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The conflict has since displaced about 13 million people and pushed parts of the country into famine.
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The latest defections come as both sides increasingly use drones in attacks that have caused mounting civilian casualties.
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On October 26, strikes hit a market and residential area in Nyala, an RSF-controlled city in South Darfur.
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Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese rights group, reported more than 100 deaths, although other medical organisations recorded lower figures.
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The United Nations says drone strikes have become the leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan’s war.
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