Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, chairman of the Presidential Council in the Government of Peace and commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), said the fall of El Fasher marks a “strategic shift” toward Sudan’s unity and rejected any talk of partition. “We will not relinquish an inch of Sudan’s territory,” he said in a speech marking the city’s capture.
Dagalo accused figures from the former National Congress Party of igniting the April war to derail the Framework Agreement, adding that what comes next “will be far greater” than that pact. He framed the RSF’s campaign as a fight against “terrorist groups supported by states that sponsor terrorism,” and said the country’s future must be “one of justice and true democracy, not a sham.”
Calling for a complete overhaul of state institutions, Dagalo said the old army cannot be “reformed” and that a single national force should be rebuilt under civilian authority to secure borders and protect the constitution.
Addressing reports of violations after El Fasher’s capture, Dagalo announced independent investigative committees that he said have begun work and will publish findings. He warned RSF personnel against harming civilians or prisoners of war, ordering that POWs be treated lawfully and any civilians detained without cause be released immediately. “My forces will not protect a criminal or a thief,” he said.
Dagalo declared that combat operations in El Fasher had ended and shifted his message to recovery. He urged international and local aid agencies to deliver relief to the city and surrounding areas, said civilians are free to move without hindrance, and announced that RSF units would pull back while the Federal Police take over security. He pledged to restore hospitals, water and electricity, and said engineering teams had begun demining to enable displaced residents to return “within days,” calling on local youth to help rebuild.
“Do not despair,” he told Sudanese citizens. “Sudan will recover and return to being a homeland of justice and coexistence.”
