Dagalo announces a government of peace and unity in Sudan
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The Rapid Support Forces now hold territories in southern Sudan, some two years after the Sudanese army, headed by the Military Council, went to war with the Rapid Support Forces.
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General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo signed a power-sharing document with Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council in Khartoum, Sudan on July 17, 2019. (AP)
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), commander of the Rapid Support Forces, proclaimed the formation of a "Government of Peace and Unity," referring to it as "the true face of Sudan."
Dagalo described the administration as "an alliance between the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, civil society, humanitarian organizations, and youth movements."
The Rapid Support Forces now hold territories in southern Sudan, some two years after the Sudanese army, headed by the Military Council, went to war with the Rapid Support Forces.
At least 50,000 people have been wounded since the outbreak of war in Sudan, according to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in the country, Daniel O'Malley.
Speaking on Tuesday to China’s Xinhua news agency, O'Malley noted that the figure is likely an underestimation.
“This number reflects only a small part of the real loss,” O’Malley told Xinhua, adding that the ICRC has also documented around 8,000 cases of missing civilians in Sudan.
The devastating toll comes amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. Earlier on Tuesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that the number of children in need of humanitarian aid in Sudan has nearly doubled, from 7.8 million at the start of 2023 to more than 15 million in 2025.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk also raised alarm over the scale of food insecurity in the country, noting that nearly 25 million Sudanese are facing acute hunger.
