Kenya is once again at the center of Sudan’s deepening power struggle, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), prepares to announce a parallel government from Nairobi.
Initially scheduled for Monday, the proclamation is now happening on Tuesday 18th February, at capital’s iconic building, KICC, marking a direct challenge to the Port Sudan-based military regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The planned announcement, framed as the “Political Charter for the Government of Peace and Unity,” is being positioned as an effort to “restore the legitimate government” that was “overthrown by remnants and militias of the Islamic movement.”
The signing is happening shortly.
“We want a government that can buy weapons to defend our people,” said Sudan’s Revolutionary Front leader, al-Hadi Idris in an interview.
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A diplomatic storm is brewing
A diplomatic firestorm is brewing—not just with the junta in Port Sudan, but also with Kenya’s key security ally, Washington—for obvious reasons.
Hamdan Dagalo, sanctioned by the U.S. for genocide in Sudan, is now being hosted in Nairobi—by the very government whose leader, President William Ruto, was recently welcomed with open arms at the White House
In January, President Ruto met Sudan’s Foreign Minister in Nairobi, offering assurances that Kenya would not permit the formation of a parallel government on its soil.
Fast forward, and KICC is now the stage for exactly that.
Just weeks before, Nairobi ordered the RSF to cancel a planned press conference in the capital after journalists were left waiting for an hour.
The move coincided with Washington’s decision to impose sanctions on Hemedti, highlighting the growing Western pressure against the Sudanese paramilitary leader.
Sources indicate that Washington pressured the Ruto administration to call off the presser, fearing it would strain diplomatic ties and further complicate relations.