FILE PHOTO: Deputy leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Abdul Rahim Dagalo and the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA-North), Abdelaziz Al-Hilu, arrive for a meeting for the planned signing of a political charter that would provide for a "Government of Peace and Unity" to govern the territories the force controls, in Nairobi, Kenya, February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo
(Reuters) - A parallel government being set up by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) aims to grab diplomatic legitimacy from its army-led rival and ease access to advanced weaponry, politicians who back it and paramilitary sources told Reuters.
The move could prolong a devastating war in which the paramilitary RSF has recently been losing ground, and effectively splinter Africa's third largest country by area.
