Early on in the proxy war being fought in Sudan, Khartoum snubbed peace talks when it was revealed that Kenya was chairing them – accusing Nairobi of supporting the UAE-backed RSF paramilitary. Our infographics below examine the evidence for that claim.
The war, now into its 19th month, may have resulted in as many as 150,000 Sudanese deaths (according to a US envoy back in May). The UN warns the world’s worst hunger crisis is looming – with Sudan also gripped by one of the world’s biggest displacement crises: 11-million are uprooted.
In the midst of this, is Kenya’s Ruto picking a side in the war?
Sources
Sudan shuns Kenya mediation
https://www.voanews.com/a/tension-between-sudan-kenya-s-ruto-impedes-igad-mediation-effort-in-sudan/7195894.html
Sudan rejects EA troops
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/91570-kenya-responds-over-video-sudan-general-daring-ruto-war
RSF figure in Nairobi
https://thebrief.co.ke/news/rsfs-dagalo-interview-by-sky-news-confirms-presence-in-nairobi/
RSF presser
https://www.barrons.com/news/sudan-s-rsf-denies-rights-violations-and-uae-support-87ff766b
Ruto’s flight with RSF figure
https://www.facebook.com/Sudania24TV/posts/pfbid0ZKqXAGe4Bzus1PBizPdDvq9h2jRbrjiMa3XLn5ip2p5aEt9XrwXSZ7PRckBNfToGl
Hemedti’s Africa trip
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/sudan-protests-rsf-leaders-reception-in-kenya-recalls-ambassador-16537421