Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allies have signed a charter that paved the way for the establishment of a parallel government, as Sudan’s army made advances recently against the rival groups.

The Rapid Support Forces said it was paving the way to an end to the civil war. Critics called it an audacious gambit by a group that the United States has accused of genocide.

Egypt rejects the establishment of any parallel government to the legitimate government in Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced Sunday. On Saturday, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with Sudanese political and armed movements signed "a political charter" in Nairobi,