RSF Commander Hemedti Vows to Retake Khartoum, Orders 'Tribal Mobilization'

July 30-31, 2026 — RSF released a video of commander Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo ordering forces to seize the capital, days after SAF announced recapture of a key North Kordofan logistics corridor (the Al Sadarat highway and towns of Bara, Umm Sayala, and Jabra al-Sheikh) — its most significant territorial gain of the year. Hemedti followed on July 31 with a speech calling for 'tribal mobilization' of fighters for renewed operations toward Khartoum and Kordofan, a direct threat to the US-brokered peace proposal both sides had just formally responded to, and a signal that battlefield escalation was outpacing diplomacy.