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Old Hemeti video resurfaces as Sudan investigates border incident
A video showing Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, warning that airports in neighboring countries could be targets has resurfaced online.
It was recorded in October 2025, not in response to recent reports about airstrikes near the Egypt-Sudan border.
In that earlier speech, Hemeti accused Egypt of supporting Sudan’s army, an accusation Cairo has repeatedly denied.
The recent reports concerned Sudanese gold miners in the border area, but Egypt has not issued a statement about the incident.
Sudan’s Sovereignty Council has formed a committee to establish what happened to the miners.
The council said the two countries’ leaders were in contact after the incident.
The investigation is intended to clarify the facts and protect people while respecting the border.
A video of Sudanese Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, threatening to treat neighboring-country airports as legitimate targets resurfaced on social media.
CNN Arabic found that the video was old and did not show recent remarks about reports of airstrikes near the Sudan-Egypt border.
Sudan’s Sovereignty Council announced a fact-finding committee to investigate an incident involving Sudanese gold miners in the border area.
The council said Sudanese and Egyptian leaders were in contact after the incident.
Egypt had not issued a statement about the incident, according to CNN Arabic.
- Who
- Sudan’s Sovereignty Council formed the committee. The incident involved Sudanese gold miners.
- What
- Sudan is investigating an incident involving miners in the border area, while an old video of Hemeti resurfaced online.
- When
- The video resurfaced on Monday, October 12, 2026. The council announced the committee that day.
- Where
- The incident was reported in the border area between Sudan and Egypt.
- Why
- The committee was formed to establish the facts about the incident and address concerns about the miners’ safety and the border.
Hemeti and the Rapid Support Forces
Egypt
Egypt’s role in Sudan’s war
Hemeti and the Rapid Support Forces
Hemeti accused Egypt of supporting the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Egypt
Egypt has repeatedly denied supporting the Sudanese army.
Hemeti gave the speech later excerpted in the circulating video.
A version of the video was published on YouTube, according to CNN Arabic.
The old video resurfaced online as reports circulated about alleged airstrikes near the Sudan-Egypt border.
Sudan’s Sovereignty Council announced a fact-finding committee into the incident involving Sudanese miners.
- Video speech date
- October 21, 2025
- Video length
- 18 minutes, 47 seconds
- YouTube publication date
- October 22, 2025
- Incident location
- Sudan-Egypt border area
- Committee
- Sudan’s Sovereignty Council announced a fact-finding committee
What people are saying
We have been silent for a long time... Any aircraft taking off from any airport in a neighboring country, any aircraft that takes off, strikes, kills, any drone taking off from any airport, that airport is a legitimate target for us.
Protecting the lives of Sudanese citizens and safeguarding their safety and dignity is an inherent responsibility of the state.
Sources
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