The RSF announced the creation of a 15-member “government of peace and unity” on Saturday, naming Mohamed Hassan al-Ta’ayshi as prime minister and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, as head of a new presidential council.
The announcement was made at a press conference in Nyala, in the Darfur region. Hemedti’s deputy will be the head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, one of Sudan’s largest rebel groups.
In a statement on Wednesday, the African Union’s Peace and Security Council urged member states and the international community “not [to] recognise the so-called ‘parallel government’ which has serious consequences on the peace efforts and the existential future of the country”.
The council said the move risked the “fragmentation of Sudan” and called on all sides to “cease hostilities immediately and unconditionally”. It reaffirmed support for the transitional government formed in May in Port Sudan, led by former UN official Kamil Idris.
The Arab League said the RSF’s declaration was “an attempt to impose a de facto reality by military force” that could divide Sudan into “warring cantons”.
The Saudi foreign ministry said Sudanese parties should “avoid the risks of division and chaos”.
The African Union said it “unequivocally condemned all forms of external interference, which is fuelling the Sudanese conflict”. The UN has issued repeated warnings on the same point.
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