{"id":60875,"date":"2026-02-22T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=60875"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:27:21","slug":"a-reading-of-hemetis-recent-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/a-reading-of-hemetis-recent-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reading of Hemeti\u2019s Recent Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I See\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adel El-Baz<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The man who claims to command half a million fighters has been hiding outside his country for months and suddenly appears in Kampala dressed in full \u201cAfrican attire,\u201d insisting he \u201cdoes not seek the presidency\u201d and that his sole goal is to \u201coust the Muslim Brotherhood.\u201d His current appearance is nothing more than a desperate attempt to polish the image of a war criminal for a political role\u2014but it is futile. Many have focused on his \u201cnonsense,\u201d yet I see that the man has been politically dead for a long time. This appearance does not revive him; it merely buries him under a layer of hired diplomacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To understand the scene, one must follow the steps of Sheikh Shakhbout. Before Hemeti\u2019s appearance on the Kampala stage, Shakhbout had completed a tour that included Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo, and Burundi\u2014the same stops now on Hemeti\u2019s itinerary.<\/strong>
\nThrough its influence and diplomatic ties, the UAE prepares the stage and opens doors for rebels, while securing supply chains and mineral exploitation routes. This is a clear \u201ctrade-off\u201d: incentivizing African leaders to host killers\u2026 and, of course, \u201ceveryone pays the price.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Why this move now? Because the UAE has realized that its military project in Sudan has failed and will not yield a victory granting it the desired control. Thus, it has begun searching for a \u201cpolitical foothold in Sudan.\u201d<\/strong>
\nJust a few days ago (February 19\u201320), Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan participated in the International Quartet meeting in New York (UAE\u2013Saudi Arabia\u2013Egypt\u2013USA), calling for an immediate humanitarian truce. This timing confirms that the UAE is shifting its efforts from direct military support\u2014which failed to achieve victory\u2014to diplomatic and political pressure to save its \u201cJanjaweed\u201d from total collapse, while opening African doors through its influence.<\/strong>
\nIn the same Security Council session, Masad Paul called for a truce to salvage the remnants of the militia, allowing them to return to the political arena alongside the Al-Aweish group, which follows Hemeti.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The UAE is now attempting to \u201cresurrect\u201d Hemeti from his political grave to play a political role after his army and mercenaries were broken. Hemeti has appeared to achieve what his political fronts (Taasis, Wasimoud, and others) failed to accomplish, relying on doors opened by Shakhbout. The UAE seeks to politically recycle him as part of a broader solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Where can this criminal practice politics?<\/strong>
\nRegionally: the doors are closed; no recognition, no base. Even Khalifa Haftar was restrained through Egyptian-Saudi efforts and convinced that betting on Hemeti would fail, in deals exceeding $4 billion.<\/strong>
\nInternationally: impossible, as the \u201cNyala and El Fasher massacres\u201d continue to haunt him, noted in the UN Human Rights Council committee report until yesterday.<\/strong>
\nOnly some sub-Saharan African states remain. Here lies the paradox: the man who massacred African tribes in Darfur is welcomed by some African leaders on a red carpet. What kind of blood tie allows a criminal to wipe the victims\u2019 blood in the clothes of their own people?<\/strong>
\nTo fit his new stage, the criminal changed his image: he removed the \u201ckandura,\u201d turban, and jellabiya\u2014items he linked to his rivals\u2014and donned full African attire, preparing to address his new allies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The real dilemma Hemeti and his entourage face is clear: why hasn\u2019t he started his political movement at home? Simply because he lacks legitimacy and control even in the territories he occupies. If that were the case, he would appear in Nyala, Al-Duwayn, or El Fasher to meet his crowds. But he knows these oppressed cities are unsafe for him, and he cannot confront the people there as President Burhan does daily in markets and streets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hemeti has lost everything: the war, politics, the Arab and international spheres, and even the strongholds he occupies. All that remains are \u201crented platforms\u201d provided by African leaders living off bribes, among whom he moves following Shakhbout\u2019s footsteps\u2014who himself flounders, seeking a way to wash the shame of his Janjaweed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I See\u00a0 Adel El-Baz 1 The man who claims to command half a million fighters has been hiding outside his country for months and suddenly appears in Kampala dressed in full \u201cAfrican attire,\u201d insisting he \u201cdoes not seek the presidency\u201d and that his sole goal is to \u201coust the Muslim Brotherhood.\u201d His current appearance …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60876,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60875\/revisions\/60876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}