After weeks of speculation, officials of the Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have officially signed a charter in Nairobi to establish a parallel government.
The charter, signed on Saturday, paves the way for the RSF to govern rebel-held areas advocating for a secular state and a unified national army.
The signing of the charter was confirmed by signatories Al-Hadi Idris and Ibrahim Al-Mirghani, who disclosed the development to Reuters.
The signing ceremony was attended by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, a powerful rebel leader who controls vast swathes of territory and troops in South Kordofan state, and who has long demanded that Sudan embrace secularism.
