Is the EU's position on the war in Sudan pushing the Sudanese government closer Russia? | DW News

Sudan has been torn apart by two warring parties, the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year, resulting in the displacement and killings of thousands of people. scores of people. Fears of a potential genocide are growing in the country. Scores have been killed in a paramilitary attack on a village in Gezira state in Sudan, a pro-democracy group said. Thousands have died and almost 9 million have been displaced since the start of the conflict. An attack on a village in central Sudan has killed "up to 100" people, a pro-democracy activist group said on Thursday. The Madani Resistance Committee said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the village of Wad al-Noura in the state of Gezira "in two waves." The RSF began fighting with the Sudanese army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in April 2023 over a dispute regarding the planned integration of the paramilitary into the country's regular armed forces.

Through the Khartoum Process, the EU has provided funds to the RSF in the past, arming and equipping them to curb migration at the Sudanese border. The EU changed its policy and currently supports the transitional government, which it also has funded under development and migration management spending frameworks.

Thousands have died and almost 9 million have been displaced since the start of the conflict. Last month, the UN warned that 5 million people were at risk of famine.

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