During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Senior Sudanese Armed Forces General Yasser al-Atta has announced that there will be no truce in Sudan unless the Rapid Support Forces leave from the homes at sites of civilians. This statement comes after an appeal announced by the United Nations Security Council, calling for a truce this week during Ramadan, telling the RSF to relief from the conflict in Sudan, which they are welcomed to. This statement from al-Atta has cited recent military advances and that the RSF is to comply with a commitment they made in May 2023 in Jeddah to withdraw from civilian homes and public facilities.
This article is interesting because calling in a ceasefire from the conflict as Muslim nations should be celebrating a very special week. Telling the RSF to withdraw sounds like a good thing because this could allow the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of the conflict in Sudan. Telling them to respite from the war in Sudan is good because Ramadan should help people to remind themselves of what really matters. This could also help all sides of the conflict to come up with a more peaceful solution because Ramadan is about allowing Muslims around the world to come together and form a community. Ramadan should also allow other Muslims to pray for a better world where there is peace.
In International Relations, we have discussed non-international armed conflicts, where a state is at conflict with a group inside itself. The war in Sudan is classified as a civil war between the Sudanese Government and the RSF. We have also discussed unconventional warfare since the Rapid Support Forces are a paramilitary group that are not part of the Sudanese Government. We have also discussed shatterbelt regions, which are divided regions caught in the struggle between realm powers or emerging realm powers. They’re made of states with unstable, corrupt and dictatorial governments that exacerbate internal social issues and become vulnerable to outside influence. Sudan is in North Africa and is currently struggling to maintain stability because of the corrupted Sudanese government.