Minnawi: RSF and The so-called Foundation Are Two Sides of the Same Project”
On his Facebook page Commander Mini Arko Minnawi, Governor of Darfur and Chairman of Sudan Liberation wrote the following:
“The Rapid Support Forces and Their so-called Foundation Are Two Sides of the Same Project”
Many err when they treat the “Rapid Support Forces militia” and its so-called Foundation as two separate entities. However, the facts indicate that they represent two sides of the same coin, united by shared goals, interests, and political, moral, and legal responsibilities. The Rapid Support Forces is the military organization that emerged under the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir, based on tribal and selective recruitment from the Janjaweed militia under new names and titles that conceal the heavy legacy associated with widespread violations in Darfur. For years, this organization’s name has been linked to documented crimes including murder, forced displacement, and intimidation, leading to the displacement of millions of citizens to camps for internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrants in various countries around the world. Several international resolutions have been issued against it, calling for its disarmament and accountability, in addition to criminal charges against its leaders and state officials. This organization has not… It is not a clearly defined political or national project; rather, its activity has remained linked to the logic of power, spoils, and control over land and resources, with a constant readiness to pledge allegiance to whoever provides it with support and protection. It has also benefited at certain stages from regional and international arrangements presented under various pretexts, including combating irregular migration, even though the conditions it helped create were among the most prominent causes of the waves of displacement and migration themselves. As for the so-called Foundation, which is presented as an umbrella or a new political project, it cannot escape the bloody legacy of the forces and organizations operating under its banner. Many of its military components are accused of participating in documented events, including the siege of El Fasher and the targeting of civilians there, the siege of Zamzam camp and the accompanying grave violations, in addition to accusations related to genocide and ethnic cleansing that are still under investigation and documentation by various parties. Therefore, the attempt to separate the so-called Foundation from the Rapid Support Forces appears to be more of a formality than an objective reality. Responsibility is not absolved simply by changing the name or reformulating the political discourse. Entities are not measured by their declared slogans, but by the actions of their constituent parts. The behavior of the forces they represent on the ground—the crimes and violations attributed to the Rapid Support Forces, whether in El Geneina, Wad Noura, or Khartoum, including acts of looting, vandalism, breaking into prisons and releasing inmates, and seizing institutions and banks—cannot be viewed in isolation from
The allied, participating, or supporting forces that were linked to it on the ground and politically, and therefore any political project emanating from these forces or providing them with political cover, cannot claim innocence from the consequences of those actions. Justice knows no double standards, and responsibility is indivisible. What applies to the Rapid Support Forces in terms of accountability and reckoning must also apply to all entities and organizations that participated in, supported, or provided political and military cover for the violations committed. Names may change, but the facts remain. Crimes are not erased by slogans nor undone by renaming. The evidence, as many observers, victims, and documented bodies see it, is neither hidden nor ambiguous; rather, it forms the basis for any serious path toward justice and accountability.
June 7, 2026, Khartoum