The TASIS-led Government of Peace has begun moves to centralise public revenues in South Darfur, as authorities in Nyala push ahead with efforts ion across territories under their control.
Finance and Economic Planning Minister John Carlo Koko held talks with acting South Darfur civil administration chief Salah al-Din Ahmed Ismail al-Mawj on Tuesday, focusing on bringing public finances under tighter institutional control and introducing a unified treasury mechanism.
The meeting also included federal Finance Ministry undersecretary Rifa Ahmed Mublal and the minister’s office director, Abdullah Mohamed Abdullah Ishaq.
According to an account of the discussions, officials examined plans to establish greater central control over public funds, consolidate revenue accounts and improve revenue collection mechanisms across South Darfur.
The proposed system is intended to channel government revenues through a more unified structure rather than allowing separate institutions or local authorities to operate fragmented accounts.
Officials said stronger revenue collection and financial oversight would help fund essential public services, with education, healthcare and security identified as priorities.
Koko called for the equipment and administrative mechanisms needed to strengthen revenue supervision and improve financial management.
Al-Mawj welcomed the measures and said the South Darfur administration would cooperate with federal Finance Ministry efforts to consolidate revenue accounts and introduce the new financial arrangements.
Officials also highlighted the payment of salaries to teachers in South Darfur as part of efforts to restore government services and stabilise public institutions.
TASIS expands financial institutions
The move is the latest step by the TASIS administration to build financial and regulatory institutions from its base in Nyala.
The government has already approved guidelines for a temporary 2026 operating budget and established structures covering government assets, financial policy and public administration.
It has also appointed an auditor general charged with overseeing government accounts and public institutions, alongside senior judicial officials tasked with developing the administration’s legal framework.
Recent measures have included restrictions on transactions involving government-owned land and efforts to investigate alleged financial and administrative misconduct by officials in Darfur.
Taken together, the moves indicate that TASIS is increasingly shifting from the creation of political structures toward the practical mechanics of government — collecting revenue, paying public-sector workers, managing state assets and imposing financial oversight.
Nyala has become the principal administrative centre of the TASIS-led government as it seeks to establish functioning institutions across areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces and allied movements.
TASIS says its Government of Peace and Unity is intended to administer territories under its authority while laying the foundations for a decentralised Sudanese state.
The growing financial bureaucracy also represents a test for the administration.
Establishing a unified treasury and transparent revenue system would strengthen its claim that it is developing functioning civilian governance rather than merely administering territory through wartime structures.
Its effectiveness, however, will depend on whether the new system can consistently collect, account for and redistribute public revenues while delivering tangible services to communities affected by more than three years of war.
