Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, announced on April 15 the formation of a rival administration called the Government of Peace and Unity, AP reported the following day. The new government, backed by allied groups (including a faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Kordofan), plans to establish a 15-member presidential council and claims authority over RSF-controlled areas such as Darfur.