Sudan's main civilian political grouping warned on Friday that the country could be split and enter a protracted civil war if rival military factions that have been fighting for five months form competing governments.
The statement by the Forces for Freedom and Change came after the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti,The FFC said in a statement that threats by both sides to form a government were "an extremely dangerous issue that will result in the partition and division of the country" and could lead to a "comprehensive civil war".
The army remains in control in other parts of the country, including the eastern Red Sea city of Port Sudan, to which some government officials and international agencies have relocated. Last month, a senior figure in Sudan's Sovereign Council, headed by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said a caretaker government was needed.
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