Khartoum — The commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan (also known as Hemeti), has been appointed and selected as the interim vice-president of Sudan.
Now second-in-command to the interim president, and head of the military council Lt Gen Abdelfattah Burhan, Hemeti is a controversial figure. It is under his leadership that the RSF has been involved in or perpetrated uncountable raids, murders, rapes, abductions, robberies, and all manner of violence, especially in Darfur and the Three Areas.
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