The Sudan Founding Alliance, better known by its Arabic acronym TASIS (Taḥāluf al-Sudān al-Taʼsīsī), has vaulted back into the headlines after unveiling a 31-member Leadership Council that puts Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo in the chairman’s seat and rebel chief Abdel Aziz Adam al-Hilu as his deputy.
The body was announced at a Tuesday news conference in Nyala following days of internal consultations and a formal adoption of alliance by-laws.
How TASIS took shape
- 18 Feb 2025 – Nairobi
RSF and allied factions gathered at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre and agreed in principle to create a joint political-military front that could negotiate — or fight — as one.
- 23 Feb 2025 – Nairobi, midnight signing
After multiple delays, representatives signed the Sudan Founding Charter, officially bringing TASIS into being.
- 4 Mar 2025 – Nairobi
The bloc adopted a Transitional Constitutional Framework, mapping out an eight-region federal model and a “Government of Peace and Unity” meant to govern RSF-held territory.
- 1 Jul 2025 – Nyala
The 31-seat Leadership Council is formed, signalling TASIS’s shift from loose coalition to structured proto-government.
Who sits on the 31-member council?
While the full roster has not yet been released, the alliance has confirmed its top officers:
| Post | Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (“Hemedti”) | RSF |
| Deputy Chairman | Abdel Aziz Adam al-Hilu | SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction) |
| Spokesperson | Alaa Eldin Awad Nugud | Civil activist, RSF ally |
| Rapporteur | Makin Hamid Tirab | Independent legal scholar |
TASIS officials say the remaining 27 seats are allocated proportionally among armed movements and civilian parties, including:
- Sudan Revolutionary Front (Darfur and Two Areas insurgent umbrella)
- Break-away factions of the National Umma Party and the Original Democratic Unionist Party
- Professional-association and youth-led civil groups recruited from resistance committees
What TASIS wants
- Civilian Governance – TASIS intends to roll out the “Government of Peace and Unity,” complete with a 15-member presidential council, a prime-minister-led cabinet, and a bicameral legislature. The blueprint explicitly brands Sudan a secular, democratic, and federal state.
- Single National Army – The RSF, SPLM-N units, and smaller rebel brigades would form the core of a re-imagined Sudanese army under civilian oversight, overseen by a planned Security and Defense Council.
- Negotiated End to War – TASIS says it will “confront and dismantle the old Sudan,” arguing that past elites dodged root-cause issues such as unequal development, the role of religion in the state, and an over-centralised power structure.
- Open-Door Policy – The charter invites “any political, civil or military organisation that resists the old Sudan, rejects war and supports a just peace” to join — a pitch aimed squarely at fence-sitting civilian blocs.
Why it matters
- Counterweight to Port Sudan. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s SAF-backed junta, based in Port Sudan, is pushing its own roadmap.
- Peace Talks Re-shuffled. Mediators must now determine whether to engage TASIS as a credible negotiating force representing a broad spectrum of Sudanese constituencies, or risk marginalizing a coalition that has rapidly emerged as a central pillar in the struggle for a new political order.
- Regional Reverberations. Kenya hosted TASIS’s founding in a bid to anchor stability, while Gulf backers hedge and Egypt and Algeria warn of “fragmentation.” Yet only TASIS offers a serious, civilian-led alternative.
The road ahead
TASIS insiders say a cabinet list is “weeks, not months” away, pending agreement on portfolios such as finance, foreign affairs, and energy.
The alliance is also finalizing a humanitarian-corridor initiative aimed at demonstrating its capacity to govern responsibly and deliver services in RSF-administered areas.
Far from symbolic, the effort signals TASIS’s intent to move beyond revolutionary rhetoric and begin laying the foundations of effective, civilian-oriented governance—even amid the complexities of an ongoing civil war.
The 31-member council now faces its most critical test: proving that a unified, post-regime Sudan can be both principled and pragmatic in action.
