Exposing Global Support for Sudan’s Army and Its Human Rights Violations

The bloody civil war in Sudan continues to rage, destroying governmental institutions causing immense human misery and spreading instability to a region already riven by instability in the Horn of Africa. In an effort to gain control of Khartoum, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) clashed in April 2023. Since then, as the main actors in their conflict split apart and other nations intensified their support for one side or the other.

Countries backing SAF:

Burhan’s clearest supporter has been Egypt which shares a border with Sudan and has seen over 500,000 migrants cross since the conflict began.  Another country that borders portions of Sudan controlled by the army and where Burhan has sought regional support is Eritrea which was one of his first stops when he started foreign travel last year. 

According to insiders since late 2023, the army has received material backing from Iran including Iranian-made drones which have helped it achieve substantial gains in Omdurman, Sudan’s capital. In September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with Burhan under the guise of “illegal armed groups financed by Russia” in Ireland.

Sudan’s Human Right Violations:

Sudan has been devastated by civil conflict for almost two years. While the nation’s health care system has crumbled and life threatening famine sets in, civilians are frequently attacked and their human rights are violated. Delivering life-saving relief to some of the world’s most devastated and fragile communities has become more challenging due to attacks on humanitarian aid workers.

In the conflict, the deployment of chemical weapons crosses yet another line. With up to 150,000 fatalities, over 11 million displaced and currently the worst hunger in decades, the fighting in Sudan has by many metrics resulted in the biggest humanitarian crisis in history. 

The concern is that the chemical weapons would soon be deployed in areas of the capital, Khartoum, which are crowded.  Civilians carries the brunt of the battle, sexual assault is commonplace, fighters on both sides frequently target civilians and building and child soldier recruitment is at peak. 

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The latest event which took place on friday killed nearly 70 people and they were admitted to the last functioning hospital of Sudan in the North Darfur State. This is one of the major attacks which resulted in a high number of civilian casualties. 

Rather than developing the negotiations, the outside powers are escalating the crisis by supplying weapons to their supporters. Both the party’s officials believe that weaponised warfare is the best by putting Sudan on a path to a big catastrophic humanitarian collapse.