{"id":20118866,"date":"2025-07-27T21:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20118866"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:34:38","slug":"controversy-erupts-over-rsf-backed-government-in-south-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/controversy-erupts-over-rsf-backed-government-in-south-darfur","title":{"rendered":"Controversy erupts over RSF-backed government in South Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Sudan Founding Alliance (Tasees) has announced a new founding government in South Darfur\u2019s capital of Nyala yesterday, triggering fierce and polarised reactions across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasees<\/a>, which includes the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North) led by Abdelaziz El Hilu<\/a>, named RSF Commander Mohamed \u2018Hemedti\u2019 Dagalo as president of the 15-member Presidential Council. El Hilu was appointed vice president, and former Sovereign Council member Mohamed Hassan El Tawashi was named Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight governors were also appointed across Sudan\u2019s regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporters hailed the move as a historic break from Sudan\u2019s old guard. Former Justice Minister Nasr El Din Abdelbari called it \u201cthe most important event\u201d since the SPLM\u2019s founding in 1983, saying it returns sovereignty to \u201cthe great Blackness of the Sudanese people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suleiman Sandal<\/a>, formerly of the Justice and Equality Movement and now a leader within Tasees, described the formation as a product of Sudan\u2019s revolutionary struggles, aimed at ending the war and establishing equal citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sudanese Armed Forces condemned the initiative as a \u201cracist project\u201d and a \u201cdesperate attempt\u201d to legitimise foreign-backed ambitions. Darfur Governor Minni Arko Minawi and others accused the RSF of whitewashing war crimes through its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leader of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement Revolutionary Democratic Current (SPLM-RDC), Yasir Arman, warned Sudan now faces \u201ctwo competing governments,\u201d drawing comparisons to Libya\u2019s collapse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire and work toward a democratic state based on equal rights and professional armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasees was formed in following the controversial Nairobi Conference<\/a> in February and includes the RSF, SPLM-N, the Sudan Revolutionary Front, and the National Umma Party.<\/p>\n