RSF Kills 200 People In Sudan As Their Leaders Camp At KICC To Form A Parallel Government

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces  (RSF) have killed more than 200 people in Sudan in less than three days even as their leaders pitch camp in Nairobi to form a parallel government. The attack on innocent Sudanese, while the meeting is going on, is said to be tailored towards arm-twisting those in the meeting and hurrying up the process.

On Tuesday, President William Ruto allowed a Janjaweed leader from the Rizeigat tribe in Darfur, who was the Deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) following the 2019 Sudanese coup d’état and the Commander of RSF, to form a parallel government in Kenya.

However, the signing was postponed after major protests by Kenyans online. Sudan is now accusing President William Ruto of breaking his promise to allow them to form a government in Nairobi.

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RSF controls most of the west of Sudan and parts of the capital, Khartoum, but has been losing ground in central Sudan to the army. The attacks that killed 200 occurred in villages around the town of al-Gitaina. One eyewitness said: “The RSF attacked on Sunday morning… with all sorts of weapons firing randomly, and so dozens of people were killed instantly and more were injured.”

The civil war, which erupted in April 2023 during Ramadan, has pitted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against the RSF, commanded by Janjaweed leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti.

Kenya’s role as a mediator in Sudan’s crisis has increasingly come under scrutiny, especially in light of its broader diplomatic setbacks on the continent. The African Union’s recent rejection of Kenyan candidate Raila Odinga for the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson position underscores Nairobi’s waning influence in African affairs. Despite its historical position as a regional powerbroker, Kenya is struggling to assert itself, raising questions about its ability to lead peace efforts in Sudan and beyond.

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