The Sudan crisis, or rather the tragedy of a geographically strategic country, supports the idea that external intervention can destroy the state in weeks, replace populations, and cause all sorts of abuse, genocide, rape and retaliation. The civil war that has been going on for over two years in shameless indifference must urgently challenge us.
The battle between the Sudanese army and the rapid support forces caused the deaths of more than 150,000 people, causing the world's largest evacuation and hunger crisis. Around 13 million people have fled their homes and over 30 million need humanitarian assistance, but the Sudanese economy is in abandoned and all cities are devastated.
This fatal civil war that two belligerents cannot win must be stopped soon. It's time for the international community to fully assume its responsibility and silence the guns. To achieve this, a minimum requirement must be met.
First and foremost, this is an important issue. The United Nations, the African Union and the European Union must regain control. In other words, unlike the actors we see today, they must function as a neutral peacekeeping force.
According to reports from the Washington Post and Europe, Sudanese troops benefit from the support of Türkiye and Iran. A series of documents and communications reveal how the Turkish company secretly smuggled weapons into the Sudanese army. Secret shipments of Turkish drones and missiles were delivered to the Sudanese army in September and continues to this day.
The general coordination of displaced and refugees in Darfur (civil organisation), said in a statement that Sudanese military aircraft are strongly suspected of using chemical weapons in recent attacks launched in several regions of the region.
Most recently, the International Human Rights Union called for urgent action to protect Sudan's civilians, ending violations, abuses and war crimes committed by the Army and its militant allies.
In September, the UN's independent international fact-finding mission to Sudan reported that both the Sudanese military and their respective allies, as well as their respective allies, were found to be responsible for patterns of massive violations, including indiscriminate and direct attacks, including airstrikes and airstrikes and artillery fires, on civilians, schools, hospitals, communications networks and electricity supply. Fighting parties also targeted civilians through rape and other forms of sexual violence, arbitrary arrests and detention, as well as torture and abuse.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on April 16 last year, Sudanese forces led by Abdel Fatta al-Burhan documented war crimes, including targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure and carrying out summary enforcement. The US Secretary of State confirmed that the US has imposed sanctions on Burhan and businesses and individuals involved in arms procurement in a move aimed at taking responsibility for involvement in crimes and violations committed during the Sudan conflict.
Four emergency actions to stop conflict
The African and European-backed UN represents a reliable actor who can establish inclusive and lasting peace in this troubled country. The international ambitions of actors with various hidden agendas must give way to multidimensional, detailed work to reestablish dialogue between fighting brothers.
Actions to be considered can be summarised in order of priorities.
1) Rescue and support people in pain who are facing deadly hunger. The de facto authorities (the Army) must not interfere with the arrival of aid or use them as weapons of hunger for certain Sudanese components.
2) Deploy neutral international troops to the Sudan border to control, intercept and prevent weapon supply to weapons.
3) Participate in negotiations to achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible.
4) Permanent members of the UN Security Council must put pressure on foreign actors involved in this conflict in order to halt interventionism. While there are many hotbeds of conflict and tensions around the world, Sudan's civil war requires absolute priorities as it carries a significant risk of internationalization and contagion that could destabilise Sudan's neighbors.
