Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Wednesday issued a constitutional decree dissolving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

According to a statement by the sovereign council, Al-Burhan instructed the Sudanese army's General Command, the general secretariat of the sovereign council and other concerned authorities to put the decision into effect.