{"id":34307,"date":"2024-10-12T03:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T00:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=34307"},"modified":"2024-10-12T03:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T00:40:03","slug":"the-dispute-between-cairo-and-the-rapid-support-forces-likely-to-escalate-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/the-dispute-between-cairo-and-the-rapid-support-forces-likely-to-escalate-further\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dispute Between Cairo and the Rapid Support Forces Likely to Escalate Further"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sudan Events \u2013 Agencies<\/strong><\/div>\n
The dispute between Cairo and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan is heading towards \u201cfurther escalation\u201d following the call by Bashar Tabik, an advisor to the RSF leader, to halt Sudan\u2019s exports to Egypt. This came after RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) accused Egypt on Wednesday of participating in \u201cstrikes against his forces,\u201d an accusation that Cairo rejected in a sharp statement, referring to his forces as a \u201cmilitia.\u201d<\/div>\n
According to experts speaking to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, the RSF\u2019s escalation against Egypt aims to \u201cdrag Cairo into a crisis on a regional and international level.\u201d This also forms part of the mutual accusations between the Sudanese army and the RSF regarding receiving direct support from regional powers in the ongoing conflict between them since April 2023.<\/div>\n
Egypt rejected Hemedti\u2019s accusations of conducting airstrikes against his forces, affirming in an official statement on Wednesday evening its \u201ccontinued efforts to stop the war and protect civilians.\u201d<\/div>\n
Since April 2023, Sudan has been experiencing an internal war between the Sudanese army, led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the RSF, led by Hemedti, which has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians and forced nearly 13 million Sudanese to flee internally and externally to neighboring countries, according to United Nations estimates.<\/div>\n
In a recorded video, Hemedti claimed on Wednesday that Egypt \u201ctrained the Sudanese army and provided it with drones,\u201d as well as accusing it of \u201claunching airstrikes against his forces.\u201d<\/div>\n
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry dismissed these accusations as \u201callegations,\u201d calling on \u201cthe international community to review the evidence proving the validity of what the RSF militia leader has stated.\u201d<\/div>\n
For his part, Tabik rejected the characterization of the RSF as a \u201cmilitia.\u201d In a post on his personal account on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday evening, he stated that this \u201creflects Egyptian interference in Sudan,\u201d arguing that \u201cEgyptian interventions have led to the destruction of Sudan\u2019s infrastructure and civil institutions.\u201d He called for an immediate \u201chalt to Sudanese exports to Egypt\u201d and indicated that \u201call options are open for dealing with the Egyptian issue.\u201d<\/div>\n
Tabik\u2019s comments coincided with statements from Imran Abdullah, a member of the RSF leader’s advisory office in London, who claimed that \u201cEgyptian aircraft bombed sites in Sudan, causing destruction to infrastructure and facilities.\u201d<\/div>\n
Yahya Kadwani, a member of the National Defense and Security Committee in the Egyptian Parliament, stated that the RSF\u2019s accusations represent a \u201cprovocation against Egypt,\u201d adding that the aim is to pressure Egypt with systematic and false accusations to provoke the Sudanese people.<\/div>\n
In contrast, Egyptian expert on African affairs, Rami Zahdi, predicted that the Egyptian-RSF dispute could escalate \u201cif the hostile tone from these forces toward Egypt increases.\u201d He pointed out that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry\u2019s description of the RSF as a \u201cmilitia\u201d is \u201cone form of escalation.\u201d<\/div>\n
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In July 2023, the Egyptian capital hosted a summit of Sudan\u2019s neighboring countries to discuss ending the war and also organized a conference for the conflicting political and civilian factions to explore a consensus for a political solution.<\/div>\n
Kadwani emphasized that Egypt\u2019s actions during the Sudan crisis \u201crefute the RSF\u2019s accusations,\u201d adding that \u201cCairo opened its doors to thousands of Sudanese fleeing the war, treating them as Egyptians across various cities rather than confining them to centers and camps for displaced people, as is the case in other countries.\u201d<\/div>\n
Egypt hosts thousands of Sudanese who fled the internal conflict, with official statistics indicating that \u201cCairo received approximately 1.2 million Sudanese,\u201d in addition to thousands of Sudanese who have lived in Egypt for years, according to Egyptian Ambassador to Sudan Hani Salah.<\/div>\n
Sudanese researcher residing in Egypt, Salah Khalil, remarked that the accusations from RSF leaders represent an \u201cattempt to drag Egypt into a crisis on a regional and international level,\u201d adding that the RSF\u2019s escalation against Egypt is \u201cpart of mutual accusations between its forces and the Sudanese army regarding receiving direct support from regional powers in the ongoing conflict since April 2023.\u201d<\/div>\n
Khalil interpreted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry\u2019s characterization of the RSF as a \u201cmilitia\u201d as \u201cnatural,\u201d stating that they \u201cdo not represent the Sudanese people.\u201d He pointed out that one of the determinants of Egypt\u2019s stance in the Sudan crisis is \u201csupport for national institutions, primarily the military institution, to preserve the unity and sovereignty of Sudan.\u201d<\/div>\n
The Sudanese Sovereignty Council classifies the RSF as a \u201crebel militia,\u201d and the Sudanese army\u2019s leader called for the RSF to be designated as a \u201cterrorist group\u201d during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in September.<\/div>\n
Khalil argued that the RSF\u2019s escalation against Cairo \u201cwill not affect Egypt\u2019s position regarding the situation in Sudan,\u201d stating that \u201cEgypt follows a foreign policy based on balance and moderation, maintaining strong relationships with African countries, and will continue its efforts to promote political solutions to end the war in Sudan due to its direct impact on its national security.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events \u2013 Agencies The dispute between Cairo and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan is heading towards \u201cfurther escalation\u201d following the call by Bashar Tabik, an advisor to the RSF leader, to halt Sudan\u2019s exports to Egypt. This came after RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) accused Egypt on Wednesday of participating in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34309,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34307\/revisions\/34309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}