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The United Arab Emirates has been funding and supplying weapons to the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of atrocities in Sudan. With the ICJ now hearing a case brought by the East African nation accusing the UAE of being “complicit in the genocide” during the current civil war, it’s up to the international community to put pressure on Abu Dhabi.
As the war in Sudan, between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, approaches its two-year mark, there is no sign of a peaceful solution or military resolution on the horizon. And the latest developments have raised concerns that the conflict will slide into a stalemate, with two administrations running the country.
The 120 people killed Monday near Khartoum is only the latest bout of violence in Sudan’s ongoing civil war — a relentless conflict between two rival generals that has devastated the country. The world doesn’t seem to care, except for those powers, including Russia, looking to exacerbate the conflict.
Sudan’s ongoing war has been marked by widespread reports of rape and gang rape, atrocities long documented in the African country dating back to the Darfur conflict in early 2000s.
Egyptian author Alaa Khaled observes crowds of Sudanese refugees walking to and from the nearby UNHCR office, prompting him to imagine the story of each individual and to try to understand the root causes of the current civil war and of the eternal Darfur crisis.
A video is fueling speculation about Ukrainian military activities in Africa that appears to show the capture of Wagner mercenaries in Sudan. Kyiv is cooperating with the army in the African nation in the fight against the RSF militia supported by Wagner — in a sort of proxy war far from home.
For eight months, the conflict in Sudan has been overshadowed by larger wars in Ukraine and Israel, even if the death toll and accounts of alleged war crimes are no less disturbing.
Why is the admirable funding for Ukraine not matched in Sudan, which now counts a stunning 2.5 million displaced people since fighting erupted two months ago? The West’s double standard of media attention must not be left to fester.
Khartoum, one African capital that hadn’t seen fighting in its recent history, is in the grip of a civil war between rival military forces. How it looks to an architect who grew up in the heart of its creative energy.
Located on the shore of the Red Sea, rich in natural resources, Sudan is strategically important to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Worried about a conflict that is getting bogged down, Arab capitals are mobilizing behind the scenes, with initial “pre-negotiation” talks beginning Saturday in the Saudi port city of Jeddah.