Sudan civil war would be ‘nightmare’ for world, but fighting rages in Khartoum
- Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok warned that the conflict could deteriorate to one of the world’s worst civil wars if not stopped early
- The latest 72-hour truce expires at midnight on Sunday
Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok on Saturday warned that the conflict in the turbulent African nation could deteriorate to one of the world’s worst civil wars if not stopped early.
More than 500 people have been killed since battles erupted on April 15 between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
They have agreed to multiple truces but none has effectively taken hold as the number of dead civilians continues to rise and chaos and lawlessness grip Khartoum.
Many people in this city of five million inhabitants have been trapped in their homes without food, water, and electricity.
“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.
“There is nobody who is going to come out of this victorious. That is why it has to stop.”
The current conflict was a “senseless war” between two armies, he added.