Former Sudanese prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has issued a warning that, if the fighting is not stopped soon, it could turn into one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in history.
Since fighting broke out on April 15 between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemedti, who is in charge of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), more than 500 people have died.
Numerous truces have been agreed upon, but none of them have been able to stop the rising number of civilian deaths or the chaos and lawlessness that have taken over Khartoum, the country's capital.
The five million-person city has many residents who are stranded inside their homes without access to food, water, or electricity. According to the UN, the fighting in Khartoum as well as in the states of Blue Nile and North Kordofan, as well as the western region of Darfur, has caused about 75,000 people to be displaced.
“God forbid if Sudan is to reach a point of civil war proper ... Syria, Yemen, Libya will be a small play,” Hamdok said in a conversation with Sudan-born telecoms tycoon Mo Ibrahim at an event in Nairobi.
“I think it would be a nightmare for the world,” he said, adding that it would have many ramifications.
The current conflict was a “senseless war” between two armies, he added. “There is nobody who is going to come out of this victorious. That is why it has to stop.”
Since fighting broke out on April 15 between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemedti, who is in charge of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), more than 500 people have died.
Numerous truces have been agreed upon, but none of them have been able to stop the rising number of civilian deaths or the chaos and lawlessness that have taken over Khartoum, the country's capital.
The five million-person city has many residents who are stranded inside their homes without access to food, water, or electricity. According to the UN, the fighting in Khartoum as well as in the states of Blue Nile and North Kordofan, as well as the western region of Darfur, has caused about 75,000 people to be displaced.
“God forbid if Sudan is to reach a point of civil war proper ... Syria, Yemen, Libya will be a small play,” Hamdok said in a conversation with Sudan-born telecoms tycoon Mo Ibrahim at an event in Nairobi.
“I think it would be a nightmare for the world,” he said, adding that it would have many ramifications.
The current conflict was a “senseless war” between two armies, he added. “There is nobody who is going to come out of this victorious. That is why it has to stop.”
