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United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed ways to support Sudan in overcoming its crisis with Sudanese Sovereign Council Chairman Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Thursday, according to the UAE’s official news agency WAM.
United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed ways to support Sudan in overcoming its crisis with Sudanese Sovereign Council Chairman Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Thursday, according to the UAE’s official news agency WAM. The two leaders discussed relations between the two countries in addition to developments in Sudan and ways to support it in overcoming the current crisis.
Al Nahyan affirmed his keenness to support all solutions and initiatives aimed at halting escalation and ending the crisis in Sudan in a way that contributes to enhancing its stability and security and fulfilling the aspirations of its people for development and prosperity. He also expressed Abu Dhabi’s continued commitment to supporting humanitarian efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people.
Before the current conflict, Sudan had already been grappling with violence and displacement since the onset of the Darfur crisis in 2003. Sudan was home to more than 1 million refugees — the second-highest refugee population in Africa — most of whom were from South Sudan and Northern Ethiopia, with many fleeing conflicts in Tigray. The recent fighting between the SAF and RFS occurred when Sudan was already experiencing its highest levels of humanitarian need in a decade. The removal of long-time authoritarian leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019 had initially sparked great optimism for a return to civilian rule in Sudan. However, a military coup two years later dissolved the transitional civilian government, triggering political and economic turmoil and reigniting intercommunal conflicts.
Since April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo have been engaged in a conflict that has killed around 15,000 people and displaced around 10 million people, according to the UN.
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There have been increasing calls from the UN and the international community to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, which could push millions into famine and death due to food shortages caused by the fighting, which has spread to 12 of the country’s 18 states.
