Sudan\u2019s crisis cannot be resolved through emotions or narrow political calculations, an adviser to the Rapid Support Forces has said<\/p>\n
A senior adviser to Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has warned that recent comments by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could undermine attempts to secure a humanitarian truce in a civil war that has raged in the African country for over two years.
\nRubio told reporters on Wednesday that Washington was applying pressure on \u201crelevant parties\u201d supplying weapons to the RSF, which has been battling the Sudanese army since April 2023. He condemned the humanitarian situation in Sudan and insisted the militia was receiving \u201cexternal assistance\u201d that must stop.
\nIn a statement on Thursday, Elbasha Tibeig, adviser to RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, called Rubio\u2019s remarks \u201can ill-advised step\u2026 that neither serves the path of the international quartet nor the American initiative regarding the humanitarian truce in Sudan.\u201d\u00a0
\nTibeig said the national army might interpret such statements \u201cas a political and diplomatic victory,\u201d hardening its rejection of a peace deal and fueling further escalation.
\n\u201cInstead of making statements that show bias, the US administration and the international community must focus their efforts on stopping the flow of weapons coming from Iran and Turkey to the army\u2019s militia, mercenaries and terrorist brigades,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n
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The war between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces, which has entered its third year, has displaced more than ten million people and creating what the UN describes as the world\u2019s largest hunger crisis.<\/p>\n
Last week, the RSF said it had accepted a US-backed proposal for a three-month humanitarian ceasefire. However, fighting has reportedly intensified, particularly around Al-Fashir, the last major army stronghold in Darfur, which the paramilitary group captured on October 26. The UN Human Rights Office in Sudan said on Saturday that Al-Fashir had become \u201ca city of grief.\u201d\u00a0
\nCommenting on the failure of the truce, Rubio accused the RSF of \u201cnever\u201d following through on \u201cthings\u201d it agrees to do.
\nIn response, Tibeig said the crisis in Sudan \u201ccannot be addressed through emotions or narrow political calculations.\u201d He called instead for \u201cserious initiatives and a deep understanding of the problem\u2019s roots,\u201d free from \u201cthe influence of countries supporting the army\u2019s militias.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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