Mat Nashed on the War in Sudan

Summary

“Western diplomats privately accused the pro-democracy movement of not being pragmatic. This on account of its slogan, ‘No Negotiation, No Partnership, No Legitimacy’, which accurately sums up the movement’s position towards the junta that was killing its members on the streets of Khartoum.

The Western attempt to restore a civilian-military partnership also gave Dagalo the opportunity to reposition himself as a supporter of ‘democracy’.”

The Western regimes’ old-new tradition of supporting ‘stability’.

“An estimated twenty-five million people – more than half of Sudan’s population – are in desperate need of relief due to a humanitarian crisis made worse by the fighting.

But rather than safeguard the integrity of relief, the global aid response has elected to administer its operations from SAF-controlled Port Sudan. This has predictably led to bureaucratic impediments, visa denials, and the acute diversion of aid by the SAF, as well as by the RSF.”

“Neither Washington nor Riyadh appear to have the urgency to pressure both sides to commit to a ceasefire and begin negotiations to end the war. Their mediation appears to be more about bringing the Americans and Saudis together – two partners with recent tensions of their own – than to mend relations between the RSF and SAF.”

Egypt, Turkey and Qatar “prefer to see the SAF triumph over the RSF.”

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