Sudan recalls envoy, blasts Kenya for supporting ‘parallel gov’t’ by RSF

Sudan has accused Kenyan President William Ruto of adopting a “disgraceful position by embracing and encouraging a conspiracy” that violates Sudan’s sovereignty.

Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs alleged the Kenyan government disregarded its obligations under international law by hosting the event of signing a “political agreement” with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused of ongoing acts of genocide in Sudan.

“Given that the stated objective of this agreement is to establish a parallel government on the part of Sudanese territory, this move promotes the dismembering of African states, violates their sovereignty, and interferes in their internal affairs,” the ministry said.

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“This is, therefore, a clear breach of the UN Charter, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and the established principles of the contemporary international order.

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“Furthermore, 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 an endorsement of and complicity in these heinous crimes.

“Equally, this action by the Kenyan government not only violates the principles of good neighbourliness but also contravenes the pledges Kenya has made at the highest levels not to allow hostile activities against Sudan to be carried out on its soil. It is, therefore, tantamount to an act of hostility against the entire Sudanese people.”

Sudan’s government recalled its ambassador from Kenya on Thursday in protest at Nairobi’s hosting of its paramilitary foes’ preparations to establish a rival administration.

The Sudanese embassy in Nigeria’s media officer, Almoiz Mohamed, said “the so-called ‘parallel’ government will not find the recognition it hopes for, and it does not have the capabilities to talk about possessing or seizing legitimacy.

The war between the army and the RSF which broke out in April 2023 has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 12 million.

It has torn the country in two, with the army in control of the north and east, while the RSF holds nearly all of the west and swathes of the south.

In a series of offensives this year, the army has retaken swathes of greater Khartoum as well as Al-Jazira state to its south.