SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Foreign Policy – ‘Somalia on Steroids’: Sudan Conflict Escalates

5/6/2024: Foreign Policy – ‘Somalia on Steroids’: Sudan Conflict Escalates, by Robbie Gramer

Foreign Policy report that US special envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello claims that the threat of US sanctions pressured Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Himedti to hold off on a full-scale assault of Al-Fashir. However, analyst Cameron Hudson said the US should be negotiating the removal of sanctions to incentivise peace talks or impose high costs forcing the warring parties to attend.  

Perriello warned that Sudan’s conflict may pull in neighbouring countries, with Hudson citing consequences to Sudan’s collapse including losing control over the illegal flow of drugs, weapons, migrants, fighters across unstable regions in Africa.

Democrat Sara Jacobs, who introduced a bill prohibiting US arms sales to the UAE until the US certifies that the UAE is no longer supporting the RSF, said “one of the fastest ways to end this war and suffering is to get the UAE to stop supporting the RSF.”