Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan was greeted by African leaders as if he had already won Sudanâs civil war. His forces have secretly been armed by the United Arab Emirates, an as-yet unpublished U.N. report found.Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan was greeted by African leaders as if he had already won Sudanâs civil war. His forces have secretly been armed by the United Arab Emirates, an as-yet unpublished U.N. report found.