RSF’s Hemetti to head new alliance with SPLM-N leader al-Hilu

July 1, 2025 (NYALA) – The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies on Tuesday formalized a new governing alliance, naming RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemetti, as its head and prominent rebel leader Abdelaziz al-Hilu as his deputy.

The move, announced at a press conference in the South Darfur capital of Nyala, solidifies an effort to create a parallel government in areas under RSF control, more than a year into its war with the Sudanese army.

The alliance, named “Tasis,” or Founding, first emerged in February when the RSF, al-Hilu’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), and other political and civil groups signed a charter in Nairobi. However, its formal launch was delayed by what sources had described as internal disputes.

Alliance spokesman Alaa al-Din Nuqd told reporters the group had now approved its basic charter and formed a 31-member leadership body. In addition to the top posts for Hemetti and al-Hilu, Makin Hamid Tirab was appointed as the alliance’s rapporteur, Nuqd said.

Nuqd reiterated the alliance’s opposition to what he called “the old Sudan” and its “corrupt, collapsing institutions,” and urged supporters to join them in building a new state.