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Sudan Edges Toward Division as RSF Establishes Rival Darfur Government

UN and African Union condemnation followed days of fighting in al-Fashir, the army’s last Darfur foothold.

A Sudanese man waits next to his luggage, as families displaced by conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) crowd at Cairo’s main station to board a free train with a voluntary return coordinated by the Egyptian government to Aswan, where buses will take them back to their homes in Khartoum, in Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
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Overview

  • The RSF-led coalition declared Nyala in southern Darfur the seat of its “Transitional Peace Government” and appointed General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as president, SPLM-N leader Hilu as deputy and Mohamed Hassan al-Taishi as prime minister.
  • The Burhan-Idris administration continues to control Khartoum and the northern, eastern and central regions and remains the only government recognized by the international community.
  • No country has extended recognition to the RSF administration and both the United Nations and African Union have publicly denounced it as illegitimate.
  • Bitter clashes around al-Fashir have persisted, jeopardizing civilians and driving more than 12 million people from their homes since the war began.
  • Observers warn that entrenched rival authorities could deepen Sudan’s fragmentation and trigger a Libya-style stalemate.