New: Major General Sadiq Abdel Rahman Ander, a senior commander of the Rapid Support Forces, has defected and joined the Sudanese armed forces. Ender commanded "Group 15" of the Rapid Support Forces and oversaw recruitment and mobilization operations. In a video clip, Ender stated that he understood that the Rapid Support Forces served a "pure family business" run by the Dagalo family - the family of the commander of the forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (known as "Hamdati") - and noted that this family controls the forces' finances, weapons, fighters and military ranks. Ender accused the leadership of the forces of internally punishing opponents by deportation, imprisonment or secret execution, and called on the rest of the fighters to leave its ranks. He also announced that he had completely severed his relations with the Dagalo family and with the Tasis coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces. His defection follows a series of other defections of prominent members of the rapid support forces in recent months. Telegram sources.

New: Major General Sadiq Abdel Rahman Ander, a senior commander of the Rapid Support Forces, has defected and joined the Sudanese armed forces. Ender commanded "Group 15" of the Rapid Support Forces and oversaw recruitment and mobilization operations. In a video clip, Ender stated that he understood that the Rapid Support Forces served a "pure family business" run by the Dagalo family - the family of the commander of the forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (known as "Hamdati") - and noted that this family controls the forces' finances, weapons, fighters and military ranks. Ender accused the leadership of the forces of internally punishing opponents by deportation, imprisonment or secret execution, and called on the rest of the fighters to leave its ranks. He also announced that he had completely severed his relations with the Dagalo family and with the Tasis coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces. His defection follows a series of other defections of prominent members of the rapid support forces in recent months. Telegram sources.