Sudan: Rapid Support Forces leader announces rival government

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Sudan: Rapid Support Forces leader announces rival government  Two years into the civil war, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has declared a rival government in a challenge to the government supported by the Sudanese armed forces.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/16/sudan-rapid-support-forces-leader-announces-rival-government  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00He has fought Sudan's armed forces for two years.

00:05Now, General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo,

00:08commander of the paramilitary rapid support forces,

00:11has announced that he would establish a rival government.

00:15The RSF leader made the announcement on the two-year anniversary

00:18of the start of civil war in Sudan on 15th of April 2023.

00:23The RSF, which has been joined by other armed movements,

00:26will mostly control southwestern parts of the country,

00:29including the western Darfur region.

00:32According to the UN,

00:33recent attacks by the paramilitary forces in Darfur

00:36have killed over 400 people.

00:39While the group has suffered multiple battlefield setbacks,

00:42including losing the capital Khartoum and other cities in recent months,

00:46the announcement has raised concerns among experts

00:49that Sudan is heading towards partition

00:51or a prolonged conflict like in neighboring Libya.

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