Tom Perriello condemns tactics of Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military before peace talks in Geneva
A child at a displacement camp in Sudan’s Kassala state. More than 25 million people across the African country are now classified as facing acute hunger.A child at a displacement camp in Sudan’s Kassala state. More than 25 million people across the African country are now classified as facing acute hunger.has accused the two factions in the country’s civil war of “cowardice” before crucial peace talks that are due to start on Wednesday.
He said: “It is not only a clear violation of international humanitarian law by both sides, it’s just cowardice. Perriello said the two factions risked destroying any remaining credibility they may have in a postwar Sudan if they continued to exploit hunger to inflict harm. “Whatever claims of legitimacy either side wants to make are clearly undermined in the eyes of the Sudanese people and the world when they’re taking these actions,” he said.
Kholood Khair, a Sudanese political analyst and the founding director of Confluence Advisory, a thinktank in Khartoum, said the international response left the impression that Sudan had been diplomatically “deprioritised”.
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