The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, through a press statement, conveyed its displeasure at Kenya for hosting Sudanese opposition groups, including the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Nairobi.
The Sudanese foreign ministry said it regrets the Kenyan government’s disregard for its obligations under international law, the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by hosting the event of signing a so-called “political agreement” between the terrorist Janjaweed militia—responsible for ongoing acts of genocide in Sudan—and its affiliated individuals and groups.
“Given that the stated objective of this agreement is to establish a parallel government on part of Sudanese territory, this move promotes the dismembering of African states, violates their sovereignty, and interferes in their internal affairs. 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,” the statement reads in part. “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 neighborliness 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,” the statement added.
According to the Sudanese foreign ministry, “this propaganda stunt will have no impact on the ground, as the Sudanese Armed Forces, along with joint and supporting forces—backed by the Sudanese people—remain resolute in their determination to liberate every inch of Sudanese territory desecrated by the terrorist militia and its foreign mercenaries.”
The statement said that while the Ministry calls on the international community to condemn this hostile act by the Kenyan government, it affirms that it will take all necessary measures to redress the balance.
Relatedly, Gen. Yasser Al-Atta, a member of Sudan’s Sovereign Council who doubles as assistant commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), on Tuesday said Sudan will “fight anyone who seeks to establish a parallel government.”
He made the remarks while addressing SAF soldiers in Al Dabba Town in northern Sudan after the commencement of the opposition conference dubbed “The Founding Alliance of Sudan” in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
“To those who say they will form a parallel government, we will fight them on every inch of Sudanese land,” Al-Atta stressed. “We will teach the enemy (RSF) and the conspiratorial countries lessons in patriotism. The Sudanese people have now become the army of the Sudanese nation.”
The opening of the conference was graced by the leaders of several armed outfits and political figures, including National Umma Party leader Fadlallah Burma Nasir, Abdelrahim Dagalo, deputy commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and Abdelaziz al-Hilu, chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).
National Umma Party leader Fadlallah Burm Nasir announced that the signing of a political declaration will take place on Friday, 21 February 2025.