...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...'s former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday dismissed the military's recent moves to form a new government as ''fake,'' saying battlefield gains would not end the country's two-year civil war.
In a rare interview with The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, Hamdok, who now leads a civilian coalition from exile, said no military victory, in Khartoum or elsewhere, could end the conflict that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions.
''Whether Khartoum is captured or not captured, it's irrelevant,'' Hamdok told AP on the sidelines of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's governance conference in Morocco. ''There is no military solution to this. No side will be able to have outright victory.''
Hamdok became Sudan's first civilian prime minister in 2019, following decades of military rule, and attempted to lead a democratic transition. He resigned in January 2022 following a turbulent period that included his ouster in a coup and brief reinstatement. The following year, warring generals plunged the country into civil war, triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left at least 24,000 people dead, though many believe the true toll is far higher. Both factions are accused of war crimes, with the RSF, which has roots in Darfur's Janjaweed militia, accused of carrying out genocide. The army is accused of using chemical weapons
...have not been used since WWI except for in Iraq, by the late, unlamented Saddam Hussein and in Syria, but really, honest, not by the Syrian government. And in Germany in WWII, but that was against civilians. Lots of them, just one of many reasons Hitler's also late and unlamented...
and targeting civilians.