El Fasher, November 24 (Darfur24)
The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sudan Liberation Army–Transitional Council (SLA–TC), Ahmed Yahya Jadu, threatened to launch new offensives in North Darfur, saying that current military gains are confined to the city of El Fasher.
The SLA–Transitional Council, led by Al-Hadi Idris, fights alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as part of the Sudanese Founding Alliance, known as “Tasis.”
Speaking on Sunday during a meeting with RSF leaders and native administration chiefs in the Um Jalbagh area southwest of El Fasher, Jadu said that although El Fasher is fully under control, several major areas in North Darfur remain outside their authority—including Al-Tina, Karnoi, Ambro, and other pockets.
He added that resistance pockets in Kabkabiya, Kutum, Mellit, and Tawila continue to host Sudanese army forces and allied fighters, warning that these areas “will be dealt with soon to eliminate the enemy outside El Fasher.”
Jadu acknowledged that his movement has fought alongside the RSF for more than two years, after some armed movements abandoned neutrality and aligned with the army. In November 2023, the joint Darfur movements’ force officially declared the end of its neutrality and joined the army. However, leaders Al-Taher Hajar, Al-Hadi Idris, and Suleiman Sandal publicly maintained neutrality at the time.
Jadu urged local administrations to support efforts to return displaced people to El Fasher and surrounding areas such as Tawila, reopen key roads, and curb abuses, including civilian detention, ransom demands, and robbery of travelers. He said gangs are concentrated in Um Jalbagh, Korma and other rural areas, stressing the need to stop these practices to enable humanitarian access and restore normal life.
He also pledged that the movement would help enforce state authority and carry out operations in neighboring areas to dismantle criminal groups and secure roads.
The SLA–Transitional Council is one of the signatories to the Founding Alliance charter signed in Nairobi last February. The alliance appointed its leader, Al-Hadi Idris, as governor of the Darfur region and as a member of the 15-member presidential council, which includes the council chair and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and his deputy, Abdelaziz al-Hilu of the SPLM-North.