After splinter, can Sudan’s anti-war coalition reinvent itself?

Sudan’s antiwar coalition, Taqaddum, splintered into two entities. One joined RSF and the other professes neutrality.

On February 10, Sudan’s largest antiwar coalition, Taqaddum, finally splintered.

The disagreement was over whether to participate in a new parallel government being set up by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the belligerent parties in Sudan’s nearly two-year war.

Formed in October 2023, the Taqaddum coalition included armed movements, political parties and civil society activists and was headed by Abdalla Hamdok, the former prime minister overthrown by Sudan’s army and the RSF in 2021.

Now, Taqaddum has split into two.

The members taking political positions in the RSF’s parallel administration are now known as Taasis (Foundation). They are mostly armed movements, analysts told Al Jazeera, who wagered on turning their weapons into leadership roles in the new RSF government.