Or sign-in if you have an account. A century ago, the term strongman referred to towering circus figures who bent iron bars and hoisted horses onto their shoulders to the crowd’s astonishment.

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The RSF has its origins in the Janjaweed militia unleashed by then strongman Omar al-Bashir more than two decades ago in Darfur. Like the army, the RSF has sought to position itself as the ...