SUDAN: “Two Gov’t May Complicate Than Solving Problem,” Says Archbishop of Khartoum

Ginaba Lino

The Archbishop of Khartoum has expressed doubt that practicality of the decision taken by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to form a parallel government, saying that having two government in Sudan may complicate problems more than solving the situation.

Speaking to AMECEA Correspondent in Juba on Thursday, the Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria said he don’t know what will come next if they have two governments in one country.

“Now, I really don’t know what will happen. We have one in Port Sudan and having another government, I think personally it may complicate problem more than solving.

In his remarks, Archbishop said, the Church also need to know the purpose of announcing a parallel government.

“I don’t know what the aim is; I would like to see really what’s the purpose of making this government, what’s being said or what is being documented.”

“They should look at the interest of Sudan, the people of Sudan, and stop the war,” the Catholic Archbishop said, adding that they should look at the suffering of the Sudanese people and stop the conflict.

“They should say it’s enough. Look at the suffering of Sudanese people and stop this war. I don’t think this war is good for anybody.”

He said, in the statement date February 20, that he has not seen any initiative that is aiming at stopping the war, adding that the warrying parties seem not to be ready for real talk in order to stop the war.

Highlighting the continues suffering of people in Khartoum, Archbishop Didi said, “Many have become refugees including the Church personal who fled to the neighbouring countries.

“Of course, the suffering is there, many people are displaced from their places, and many are refugees to neighboring countries including our church personal and many of our priests recruited in the states that are relatively normal.”

“We have three priests who are still in the troubled areas in Khartoum and they are doing their best in terms of serving the few Christians who are in the area,” Archbishop Didi said.

On February 19, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) expected to announce a parallel government originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, but was postponed until Friday.

RSF sources told AFP that the paramilitary group, which has been fighting against the Sudanese army for nearly two years, is preparing to declare a government in territories under its control in an event held in Nairobi.

According to Middle East Monitor News, the Foreign Ministry in the Sudanese government allied with army head Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan condemned Kenya for allowing the event to be hosted. In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the Ministry said that this “promotes the dismembering of African states, violates their sovereignty and interferes in their internal affairs in violation of the UN Charter, the African Union’s Constitutive Act and the rules established by the modern international system.”

The Sudanese government has accused Kenya of violating Sudan’s sovereignty by hosting an event during which the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) is expected to announce a parallel government.