A top advisor to the commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced that all technical preparations have been completed to issue passports for citizens of a yet-to-be-declared “Peace Government.”
Dr. Mustafa Mohamed Ibrahim, an advisor to RSF leader 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, said in a statement on social media platform X that the necessary equipment, software, and personnel were in place to facilitate the issuance of the new passports.
“The state in which this will take place has been determined, and passport offices will be set up in several Arab, African, and European countries,” Ibrahim wrote, adding that the passports would be burgundy-colored.
The initiative comes as the RSF and allied political factions move toward announcing a new governing body, which they say will provide security and essential services to civilians affected by ongoing conflict in Sudan.
On March 4, political and military groups affiliated with the Sudan Founding Alliance (Tasees) signed a transitional constitution in Nairobi, days after reaching an agreement on a Political Charter to establish the Peace and Unity Government.
The move is likely to deepen divisions in Sudan, where the RSF and General al-Burhan’s (SAF) have been locked in a nearly yearlong power struggle.
