HEMEDTI, THE MOSSAD AND TRUMP

What does Sudan’s Hemedti have in common with a former Mossad agent and US President Donald Trump?

A shocking web of money and lobbying in the quest for global recognition.

In the shadows of Sudan’s brutal foreign-backed proxy war, Hemedti, officially known as Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, leads the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a group accused of gross human rights abuses and gen*cide in the Darfur region of Sudan. He reportedly uses his vast gold wealth and foreign allies to buy legitimacy on the world stage.

From Ari Ben-Menashe, an Israeli-Canadian formerly with Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, to the corridors of Washington, this is the story of how authoritarian power, public relations firms and foreign interests collide. The UAE backs the proxy war, and Tel Aviv praises Sudan’s normalisation (which both warring generals supported in 2020), so we ask: What does this mean for the people of Sudan if Hemedti meets US President Donald Trump?