Sudan paramilitary group boasts of detaining Islamists

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has called Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s de facto leader, a ‘radical Islamist’. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of Islamist leaders and activists in Sudan have been detained by the Rapid Support Forces in a wave of repression targeting the paramilitary group’s political opponents.

The arrests began before the outbreak of fighting in April between the RSF and forces loyal to Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto military leader, but have intensified since.