Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo (right), Sudan's Rapid Support Forces deputy commander and brother to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA-North) chairperson Abdelaziz al-Hilu, in Nairobi on February 18, 2025. [ AFP].
Dwarfing President William Ruto when he made his first public visit to Kenya in January 2023, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, popularly known as Hemedti, oozed credence that sought credibility. For a man whose squinty smile paced by glinty eyes, underestimating him could be a jaundiced judgment.