Nigeria, July 14 -- A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Dagalo, known as Hemedti, to death over atrocities committed in West Darfur.

The court in Port Sudan convicted and sentenced him for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in absentia.

Mr Dagalo was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia alongside five other RSF members for the same crime. Those sentenced include Hemedti's brother and deputy, Abdelrahim Dagalo, another brother, Al-Qoni Dagalo, and the RSF's West Darfur commander, Abdul Rahman Barkallah.

Al Jazeera reports that the court also ordered the confiscation of all RSF assets and the issuance of Interpol Red Notices for the arrest and extradition of those convict...