The fighting that erupted on Saturday has already killed at least 270 people and injured 2,600.
Army head General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan controls heavy weapons and the airforce, but his soldiers face a irregular force led by the wealthy, one-time militia leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti.
Hemedti, a school dropout now in his late 40s, began as a camel trader in Darfur. According to Muhammad Saad, a former assistant, he first took up arms after men attacked his trade convoy, killed about 60 people from his extended family and stole his livestock. Hemedti would later turn on his benefactor when Bashir was ousted in 2019. In the aftermath, Hemedti secured the post of deputy head of state, a position that technically reports to Burhan. He also transformed himself into a politician, giving speeches, meeting Western diplomats and winning backers abroad.
They have also retained a brutal reputation. Protesters blamed the RSF for a bloody crackdown on a protest camp in 2019 in Khartoum outside the Defence Ministry after Bashir's ousting. More than 100 people were killed. Hemedti denied any role. But opponents, who have taken to the streets, say he has instead put the military firmly in charge. Protests against the military's grip on power have faced a fierce response from Burhan's security forces.
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