War: Sudan not getting international community’s support — Envoy

Mr Ahmed Omer Jaboul, Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Nigeria, has said his country is not receiving the desired support from the international community in the fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

He disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while giving an update on the clash with the Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo-led RSF in the country that has lasted for over 18 months.

Mr Jaboul lamented that the world was watching on while the RSF wreaked havoc in the country with the support of some countries which were providing the group with weapons and funds to prosecute the war.

“No country is supporting Sudan in this war either by providing weapons or through funding,” he said, adding: “We produce our own weapons from our factories, we haven’t received any support from any country or organisation till now.”

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On the other hand, the envoy said the paramilitary group had been receiving weapons and funding from many countries and international organisations.

He warned that the crisis in the country could take a regional and global dimension if efforts are not made to nip it in the bud as soon as possible.

Referring to the killing of at least 124 people in a village in El Gezira State on Friday which activists said was one of the deadliest incidents of the war and the largest in a spate of attacks in the state, the Charge d’ Affaires said the RSF had always been waging a war against the people of Sudan.

Gezira has already faced a months-long rampage in which residents told Reuters the RSF looted homes, killed scores of civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands.

Al-Sireha village, in the north of the state, experienced the worst of the recent violence when at least 124 were killed and 100 injured in the RSF raid, the Wad Madani Resistance Committee, a pro-democracy group, said on Saturday.

Fighting erupted on April 15, 2023, as the RSF tried to snatch power from army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

Since then, the conflict has displaced more than 10 million people, creating one of the worst global humanitarian crises, according to data from the United Nations.

Since September, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been pursuing a major offensive to retake areas in and around the capital, Khartoum, from the control of the RSF but Mr Jaboul said a little support from the international community could fast-track the defeat of the RSF.