Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Thursday that a new government is ready to assume its duties, as the country grapples with political and economic turmoil following nearly a year of war.
Speaking in Nairobi, RSF deputy commander Abdel Rahim Dagalo said the administration would soon begin issuing official documents and printing currency, despite lacking control over Sudan’s central bank. He urged political and tribal leaders allied with the Sudan Founding Alliance to promote the Nairobi Agreement, which the RSF-backed coalition signed last month as part of efforts to reshape Sudan’s governance.
Dagalo accused the former ruling National Congress Party and Islamist groups of fueling the war, saying they had sought to suppress movements advocating for democracy. He vowed the RSF would not cede ground until Sudan was free from “traditional power structures.”
“We will fight to the end,” he said.
Dagalo also claimed responsibility for securing the release of former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was detained in the October 2021 coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. He said foreign diplomats, including the U.S. envoy and the former head of the U.N. mission in Sudan, had thanked him for his role.
He credited RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, with breaking ranks with General al-Burhan and his SAF, describing the coup as an Islamist-led power grab. He said Hemedti had since apologized to the Sudanese people and put forward a vision to address the country’s crises.
The RSF and Burhan’s SAF have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023, displacing millions and triggering warnings of famine.
Dagalo vowed that the RSF would continue fighting Islamist influence, saying Sudan would emerge from the war transformed.
“The new Sudan is near,” he said. “We will meet there, God willing.”