Sudanese paramilitary head commits to de-escalate tensions with army
KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR GENERAL Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of a powerful Sudanese paramilitary group, said he was ready to meet the army chief to de-escalate tensions between his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army, mediators said. The army on Thursday warned of a possible confrontation between the two forces following mobilisations by the RSF, in the most public sign of long-simmering disagreements that are hampering efforts to restore civilian rule. The RSF, which together with the army overthrew long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019, began redeploying units in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere amid talks last month on…