Sudan outraged as Kenya supports parallel government
The military-backed government in Sudan has reacted furiously to ‘irresponsible and hostile’ support from Kenya over the formation of a parallel government by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led coalition, according to Arab World on February 24th.
The RSF signed a charter that would allow them to form a government of ‘peace and unity’ in southern regions of the country currently under their control.
According to Kenya’s foreign minister, the parallel administration would restore ‘democratic governance’ in Sudan.
Sudan is looking to take immediate action against Kenya.
The country’s foreign ministry condemned the ‘dangerous precedent’, saying that ‘in a grave threat to regional security and peace, the Kenyan leadership has adopted the parallel government that the genocidal militia and its followers intend to declare’.
He has also warned that the signing will ‘expand the scope of war and prolong its duration’.
The ambassador of Sudan will be pulled out of Kenya in a continuation of the severing of diplomatic ties over the support for the parallel government.
Despite Kenyan backing, the RSF will not enjoy widespread international support.
The United Nations has already warned that the formation of a parallel government will only ‘increase the fragmentation’ in the country.
The military-backed government has announced its plans to form a war cabinet as it makes advances against the RSF in the capital of Khartoum.
The RSF has been forced to retreat southwards as the army and its allies have made advances through the central regions of the country.
Sudan has suffered under a state of perpetual violence, leading to an ‘unprecedented humanitarian crisis’, according to Maghrebi.
The RSF have been in conflict with the army-aligned state leadership since April 2023.
Since ousting the former, civilian-politician led government in 2019, army chief Abdel Fatah al-Burhan and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo had co-run the country.
However, since their dissolution, Sudan has been dragged into civil war, food poverty and famine and has led to the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Both sides have been accused of committing atrocities against their civilian populations.
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