The charter said the government did not exist to split the country, but rather to unify it and to end the war, tasks it said the army-aligned government operating out of Port Sudan had failed to do.

which is freeing Sudan from these rebels," Burhan told a meeting of army-aligned politicians in the army's stronghold of Port Sudan on Saturday. The RSF controls most of the west of the country ...

Since conflict between the army and the RSF erupted in April 2023, the army-led government has retained wide international recognition, despite being forced by the fighting to move to Port Sudan ...

He is currently based in Port Sudan, having been forced to leave Khartoum months after the civil war broke out when the RSF seized the military headquarters and the presidential palace.

Russia has cultivated ties with both sides in Sudan's almost two-year-long civil war, and Russian officials have visited the army's wartime capital of Port Sudan in recent months. Last year ...

Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Youssef said on Wednesday a deal had been signed and they were in "complete agreement" with Russia over the establishment of the port. He said what remained was only ...