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Al Jazeera Staff

RSF paramilitary-led coalition forms parallel government in war-torn Sudan

Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo will serve as chair of the presidential council in the new government [File: AP Photo]

A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has announced it is establishing an alternative government in a challenge to the military-led authorities in the capital Khartoum, with the northeastern African country’s brutal civil war in its third year.

The group, which calls itself the Leadership Council of the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS), said RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo will chair the 15-member presidential council of the government, which includes regional governors.

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