Overview

• On July 26, the RSF-led coalition proclaimed a parallel government in Darfur to rival Khartoum’s administration.
• Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo was appointed chairman of the new presidential council, Abdel Asis al-Hilu became deputy chair and Mohammed Hassan al-Taischi was named prime minister.
• General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces rejected the declaration and pledged to intensify operations until it reasserts full territorial control.
• United Nations agencies report that over half of Sudan’s population is facing acute hunger and a widening famine after more than two years of conflict.
• The UNDP estimates that fighting since April 2023 has displaced over twelve million people, creating one of the world’s largest internal refugee crises.