Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Tawakkol Karman criticized the recent promises made by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, also referred to as "Hemedti," the Sudanese leader of the Rapid Support Forces, regarding the establishment of democratic governance in Sudan. 

On her verified Facebook page, Tawakkol Karman derided the promises of Hemedti, highlighting one disturbing aspect of his democracy, which includes "the trafficking of Sudanese women abducted by his militias from Khartoum and sold as slaves in Darfur and neighboring regions." 

She criticized the Sudanese opposition forces for supporting the Rapid Support militia's coup against the Sudanese state, driven by their belief that such a stance would provide them with political advantages over their opponents in the future - a view that Karman disagreed with.

As a cautionary tale, Karman reminded Sudanese factions that the Houthi militia had promised their Yemeni counterparts who supported its coup a similar form of democracy, while emphasizing that history has an unfortunate tendency of repeating itself in a repugnant manner in our region.