A power struggle over the prime minister post in a planned parallel government is threatening to fracture a new alliance between Sudan’s paramilitary RSF and a major rebel group, the SPLM-N, which may quit the bloc, sources said.

The dispute is stalling the formation of a government intended to rule areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies.

While alliance members agreed that RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemetti, would head a presidential council, a rift emerged over the next most powerful role.

The sources said armed movements led by Al-Hadi Idris and El-Tahir Hajer are blocking the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North’s (SPLM-N) demand for the premiership.