Heavy fighting has erupted in Sudan between the army and a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces. There have been tensions between the two over plans to integrate the RSF into the army.
From CNN staffA CNN investigation last summer exposed Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of the RSF paramilitary unit, as a key beneficiary of Russian support.
CNN exposed how Russia, through a relationship with Dagalo and Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan — the country's military ruler — exploited Sudan’s gold resourcesMultiple interviews with high-level Sudanese and US officials and troves of documents reviewed by CNN painted a picture of an elaborate Russian scheme to plunder Sudan’s riches. The scheme was aimed at fortifying Russia against increasingly robust Western sanctions and buttressing Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.
The evidence also suggested that Russia had colluded with Sudan’s beleaguered military leadership, enabling billions of dollars in gold to bypass the Sudanese state and to deprive the poverty-stricken country of hundreds of millions in state revenue. In exchange, Russia lent powerful political and military backing to Sudan’s increasingly unpopular military leadership as it violently quashed the country’s pro-democracy movement.
In the ensuing outcry, the US and many in the international community placed pressure on Dagalo and al-Burhan to disavow Russia, serving to distance Dagalo and his forces from a crucial resource.
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