The Rapid Support Forces said it was paving the way to an end to the civil war. Critics called it an audacious gambit by a group that the United States has accused of genocide.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies have signed a pact to establish a unity government in the war-torn North African nation.The agreement was inked at 2 am on Sunday behind closed doors in Nairobi,

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to set up a parallel government, sources said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.