Set up as a coalition of militias including the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Jibril Ibrahim and the Sudanese Alliance formerly led by the late West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abkar to fight alongside the SAF against Hemeti's RSF in western Sudan their fighters are likely to be formally corralled into military forces controlled by Khartoum...
The commander of the RSF in West Darfur has been accused of involvement in the assassination last month of Khamis Abkar the governor of west Darfur and the head of the Sudanese Alliance – one of the signatories of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA)...
The governor in West Darfur Khamis Abdallah Abakar is said to have opened up the arsenals (mostly from the police) that he controlled and distributed weapons to his fellow Masalit...