Following the ousting of long time president, Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, Sudan entered a period of political transition which abruptly ended with a further coup by the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in October 2021.

[3][4] In response, the RSF held a meeting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya on 18 February 2025 to establish a Sudan Founding Alliance and draft a Sudan Founding Charter, also known as the Nairobi Charter,[5][6][7] to pave the way for the formation of a rival Government of Peace and Unity to administer territory under RSF control.

[17] The charter calls for “a secular, democratic, decentralised state based on freedom, equality, and justice, without bias toward any cultural, ethnic, religious, or regional identity”, and outlines plans for a “new, unified, professional, national army”.

[18][19][20] On 4 March 2024, the Sudan Founding Alliance announced that it had adopted a transitional constitutional framework at a ceremony held at the Mercure Upper Hill Hotel in Nairobi.

[21][22][23][24] The transitional constitutional framework establishes the structure of the Government of Peace and Unity and defines the powers of national, regional and local authorities.