SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: AP - UN-African Union envoy says mistrust deep in Sudan’s Darfur

9/12/2020: AP - UN-African Union envoy says mistrust deep in Sudan’s Darfur, by Samy Magdy

AP report that Jeremiah Mamabolo, the joint UN-African Union envoy for Darfur cautioned that mistrust still runs deep and urged the transitional government in Khartoum to embark on the “huge task” of gaining the trust of the locals.

Mamabolo said Darfuris “have been betrayed ... A lot of crimes and injustice have been committed against them, so they feel insecure.” While the major fighting in Darfur has stopped, sporadic intercommunal clashes in the region have increased in 2020, Mamabolo added.

Sudanese activist Nazek Awad said there are no provisions for an independent party to monitor the situation on the ground after the exit of U.N.-AU troops. “The insecurity for displaced people will continue and increase,” she said.

Mohammed Osman, a Sudan researcher at Human Rights Watch, said HRW has documented an increase in intercommunal violence, exacerbated by the involvement of government forces, which led to the killing of dozens.