Assistant Commander of the Sudanese Army: We will not hand over power to civilians except through elections. Yasser Al-Atta: “The transitional period will be supervised by the army commander, along with the police and security" Since mid-April 2023, Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti,” have been waging a war that has left about 13,900 people dead and more than 8 million displaced and refugees.