Siddiq Abdelrahman Ander

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Senior RSF commanders defect, citing family control of Sudan's paramilitary

Defected from the RSF on October 30, 2026

Major General Siddiq Ander announced Friday that he was leaving Sudan's Rapid Support Forces. In video obtained by Al Jazeera, he said the paramilitary is run as a family business by relatives of its leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.

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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.

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Anyone who speaks out and tells the whole truth faces expulsion, imprisonment or a hidden death.

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