Sudan: Fur leaders reject RSF-backed 'emirate'

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[8]Leaders and activists from the Fur [9] people in Sudan's Central Darfur [10] state voiced their rejection of the Rapid Support Forces' establishment of a new "emirate" in the ethnicity's traditional territory for an Arab group that has migrated from the neighboring Central African Republic. They warned of an agenda of demographic change and the empowerment of outside groups at the expense of the indigenous population. The response came after platforms affiliated with the RSF [11] published a video of a celebration held by a group called "Awlad Baraka & Mubarak," marking the establishment of the "emirate." RSF Brig. Gen. Mohamed Adam Bangoz addressed the event. (Map via Radio Tamazuj [12])

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Leaders and activists from the Fur [9] people in Sudan's Central Darfur [10] state on Oct. 15 voiced their rejection of the Rapid Support Forces' establishment of a new "emirate" in the ethnicity's traditional territory for an Arab group that has migrated from the neighboring Central African Republic. They warned of an agenda of demographic change and the empowerment of outside groups at the expense of the indigenous population. The response came after platforms affiliated with the RSF [11] published a video of a celebration held by a group called "Awlad Baraka & Mubarak," marking the establishment of the "emirate." RSF Brig. Gen. Mohamed Adam Bangoz addressed the event.

The Awlad Baraka & Mubarak group is said to be a branch of the Salamat Arab tribe that present before the war in the Turaij area, south of state capital Zalingei. However, their numbers have increased significantly since the outbreak of the current internal war in Sudan, as the RSF has recruited mercenaries from the Central African Republic and Chad. (Sudan Tribune [14])