The Sudan government has condemned Kenya for hosting the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), terming it a blatant disregard for its obligation under international law.
The RSF forces, a group fighting against the Sudanese army for power, held an event in Nairobi on Tuesday with the talks revolving around the formation of a parallel government in RSF-controlled areas.
In a statement, Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that such a move dismembers the African states and violates its sovereignty by interfering in its internal affairs.
“This is, therefore, a clear breach of the United Nations Charter, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and the established principles of the contemporary international order,” the statement read in part.
The Sudan government blamed RSF for the ongoing acts of war in the country and noted that Kenya rolling the red carpet for RSF forces to conduct its operations is an act of endorsement of the heinous crimes the group reportedly commits.
“Hosting leaders of the terrorist RSF militia and allowing them to conduct political and propaganda activities while they continue to perpetrate genocide, massacre civilians on an ethnic basis, attack IDP camps, and commit acts of rape constitutes endorsement of and complicity in these heinous crimes,” the Ministry stated.
The Sudan govt warned its Kenyan government for violating bilateral relations and contravening the pledges the country made not to allow hostile activities against Sudan to be carried out on its soil.
The war in Sudan has been escalating leading to tens of thousands of civilians being killed, with both the RSF and Sudanese army accused of committing the said crimes.
The conflict ensued after Sudan’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan fell out with his deputy-turned rival Mohamed Dagalo, who leads the RSF.
The paramilitary group was recently dealt a huge blow when the Sudanese army took control of major parts of Khartoum and Gezira.
This led to the RSF group plotting to launch a rival government in a “political charter for the Government of Peace and Unity.”
