KENYA’S ‘RED CARPET’ FOR GEN*CIDAL RSF

‘Rolling out the red carpet while Sudan burns’ - that’s how political commentator @djbwakali describes Kenya’s hosting the Rapid Support Forces, which unveiled plans in Nairobi to set up a breakaway government in the Sudanese territories it controls. He reminds us of the litany of war crimes the UAE-backed paramilitary group is guilty of, both during the current war and before - targeting non-Arab communities. Khartoum has angrily denounced Kenya’s decision to platform its enemy - suggesting that Nairobi too is acting with hostility, and insinuating that hosting the RSF makes it complicit in its crimes.

@djbwakali suggest that the reason Kenyan president William Ruto’s administration is cozying up to these ‘warlords’ is gold - something there’s a lot of in Sudan, many of whose mines are currently in the RSF’s hands. The Kenyan elite, he suggests, has developed an appetite for this gold - and he urges other Africans nations to respond to Kenya’s growing role in Sudan’s proxy war. This has seen some 8.9 million internally displaced, while 3.4 million have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.

Video credit: @Djbwakali (IG)