Sudan recalls ambassador from Kenya over 'parallel govt' push
President William Ruto (right) with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. In January, the U.S. Department of State sanctioned the RSF together with its leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo generally referred to as Hemedti.
Sudan summoned its ambassador from Kenya on Thursday in a protest move against authorities in Nairobi for allowing meetings that saw members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and related political forces early this week.
"The Foreign Ministry summoned Sudan's Ambassador to Kenya Kamal Jubara for consultations in response to Kenya's hosting of meetings involving the RSF militia and its allies, in yet another hostile move against Sudan," Sudan's Foreign Ministry statement said.
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Authorities in Khartoum noted that "what happened in Nairobi were meetings between the militia and its followers, aimed at establishing a parallel government to challenge the legitimate, existing one."
"The Kenyan President [William Ruto] is seen by the majority of the Sudanese people as complicit in the war of aggression being waged against them by the terrorist RSF militia and its foreign mercenaries."
Sudan faulted Dr Ruto's meddling in the affairs of Sudan, stating that "Kenyan President has placed his personal and commercial interests with the militia's regional sponsors and the militia's leadership."
Additionally, Sudan's Foreign ministry slammed Nairobi's move to host the meetings on Tuesday, noting that it amounted to breach of Sudan's sovereignty and national security.
It also warned that the move "poses a grave threat to regional peace and security, as well as to the strong relations featuring good neighborliness among countries in the region."
Several opposition groups in Sudan, including the RSF, held talks in Nairobi's Kenyatta International Conference Centre in readiness to signing what they referred to the "Sudan Founding Charter," which is a political agreement aimed at establishing a parallel civilian government in the troubled nation.
Security experts and analysts noted that this move could have paved the way for the formation of an alternative administrative structure in RSF-controlled areas in Sudan. For nearly two years, the RSF and its leader has been at war with the Sudanese Armed Forces. In January, the U.S State Department sanctioned the RSF together with its leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo generally referred to as Hemedti.
