President William Ruto during the High-Level Humanitarian Conference for the people of Sudan, on the sidelines of the 38th AU Heads of State and Government Summit on February 14, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

President William Ruto is finding himself at loggerheads with the African Union after the Peace and Security Council on Tuesday condemned the announcement in Nairobi of a parallel government in Sudan.

In a statement on Wednesday, AUPSC warned the parallel government formed by the sanctioned Rapid Support Forces and allied groups risks partitioning Sudan.

On February 22, RSF and allied political and social formations announced the parallel government that would govern in areas under its control.

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This was despite protests by the Sudan junta, which accused Ruto of interfering with the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Through its Foreign ministry, Sudan said Kenya’s “irresponsible stance” in embracing the “genocide-linked” RSF militia isolates the country regionally and internationally, placing it in the category of a rogue state that defies international norms.

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The council, which is the AU standing decision-making organ for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, urged all member states and the international community not to recognise any such government or entity that seeks to partition or govern Sudan or its institutions.

“Council further called on all member states and the international community to refrain from recognising and/or providing support or assistance to any armed or political group toward the establishment of a parallel government or state entity in the Republic of Sudan.

“Council does not recognise the purported parallel government or entity in the Republic of Sudan,” the statement of the 1264th Meeting of the PSC on the Situation in Sudan said.

The position aligns with the AU Constitutive Act, whose key objective is to “defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its member states”.

The statement by the AU security organ comes as an indirect condemnation of the Kenya government’s greenlight to RSF and allies to meet for weeks in Nairobi in which the charter and the transitional constitution were signed and the ‘government’ announced.