Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the country’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, had ordered the disbandment of the powerful paramilitary Quick Support Forces and classified them as a rebel group.
The order follows a power struggle that has killed at least 97 civilians since last Saturday (15), when fighting between rivals broke out across the country.
In practice, the fighting is the result of a tussle between RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and al-Burhan over control of military forces after the country completes its transition to a democratic civilian government.
On Monday, the leader of the RSF said he would pursue the head of the armed forces “and bring him to justice”. “We are fighting radical Islamists who hope to keep Sudan isolated and in the dark, and away from democracy,” he said.
The power struggle raises the risk of Sudan falling into civil war four years after autocrat Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in an uprising, as well as undermining internationally backed efforts to start a civil transition that should have been signed earlier this year. month.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an immediate ceasefire was needed, saying that this view was shared by the international community.
“There is a deep shared concern about the fighting and violence that is taking place in Sudan — the threat it poses to civilians, it poses to the Sudanese nation and potentially poses even to the region,” Blinken said on the sidelines of a meeting. G7 foreign ministers in Japan.
He also called on the head of the Sudanese army and the leader of the RSF to ensure the protection of civilians.
(Published by Fábio Mendes, with information from CNN and Reuters)
Source: CNN Brasil
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