[HIGHLIGHTS] He started as a camel merchant and ended up as an officer in the Sudanese army. Who is Hemedti, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces?

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the prank of "Hemedti", was born in 1975 in Darfur, and was famous in his youth for trading in camels and sheep. He formed a militia with which he began to secure convoys and deter bandits, and developed into a large force that introduced him to politics.

Hemedti became the vice president of the Transitional Military Council after the coup against Omar al-Bashir, who appointed him to the army. He was educated in traditional schools, but has been out of school since 1991, at the age of 15.