Sudan's paramilitary RSF forms alternate govt, escalating civil war

A coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan has declared the formation of an alternate government, directly challenging the military authorities based in the country's capital, Khartoum, as the country's devastating civil war enters its third year, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.

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According to Al Jazeera, the coalition, calling itself the Leadership Council of the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS), announced that RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo will chair a 15-member presidential council that includes regional governors. Sudanese politician Mohammed Hassan Osman al-Ta'ishi has been named prime minister by TASIS.

The coalition, in a statement, extended congratulations to the Sudanese people, who have suffered through decades of conflict, and reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an inclusive, secular, democratic, decentralised, and voluntarily unified Sudan based on freedom, justice, and equality, Al Jazeera reported.