When civil war broke out in Sudan the national army believed it would make short work of fighters led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, a warlord known as Hemedti. Three years on the scale of that miscalculation is clear https://t.co/pDwqOubAM6 pic.twitter.com/mcXA5p0r1k— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 25, 2026