Musa Hilal’s group urges tribes to ditch RSF, claims force losing control
April 5, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have lost command and control over their troops across all fighting fronts, the Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC) led by Musa Hilal said on Saturday.
The RAC urged Native Administrations to prevent their members from being drawn into what it termed a “new inferno.”
In statements to Sudan Tribune, the council’s Political Secretary, Salah Khayoura, described a recent speech by RSF Deputy Commander Abdel Rahim Daglo as expressing “defeat and collapse.”
Daglo, in a speech to his troops last week, threatened to invade the Northern State and called on officers who had “deserted service” to report to the front lines immediately.
Khayoura claimed that most RSF officers have abandoned the battlefields. “According to our information and monitoring at the Awakening Council, most officers have returned to their private businesses and move under heavy security protection for fear of being targeted by Abdul Rahim,” he told Sudan Tribune.
Khayoura added that this alleged desertion has led to a loss of control over soldiers on the ground.
Dagalo also issued a stern warning to native administrations, stating, “You have no excuse after today.” He added that “neutrality” would not be tolerated in the next phase and threatened to classify neutral parties as “remnants and infiltrators” (Fulool)—a term often used for elements of the former regime.
The RAC urged native administrations to “show resolve” and withdraw support from the RSF. However, Khayoura acknowledged that tribal leaders frequently renew loyalty oaths to Dagalo under “inducement and intimidation”.
“We know of native administrations that have sworn allegiance more than five times,” he said.
Khayoura alleged that RSF leaders have “bought off” senior figures within these administrations but noted that “a voice of resistance” is emerging among tribes, particularly after the RSF’s perceived setbacks, including losses in Khartoum.
After losing the strategic Jabal Moya area in central Sudan, the RSF initiated large-scale mobilization drives in Darfur and Kordofan. According to observers and local reports, responses to these campaigns have varied across regions.
Khayoura dismissed the significance of recent RSF mobilizations around El-Fasher and Al-Maliha, claiming the thousands gathered are “new recruits” lacking combat experience.
He also downplayed Dagalo’s threats to invade the Northern State, asserting that the RSF’s primary current objective is securing a supply line via Libya, not conquering the North.
The RAC, led by tribal leader Musa Hilal, has aligned itself with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since the conflict began in April 2023. Its forces operate in Omdurman, Al-Dabbah in the Northern State, and Hilal’s stronghold of Mistiriyha in North Darfur.