As foreign governments scrambled to evacuate civilian nationals from Sudan this week, many were still struggling to digest the rapid descent of the east African state into chaos and war. But those inside the country had for some months foreseen and feared open conflict between two rival generals.
In a revealing feature read this week, the Guardian’s Sudanese-born columnist Nesrine Malik charts the rapid rise of the warlord known as Hemedti, and how he came to despise Sudan’s de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the armed forces he leads.
