How Flow of British Arms is Fueling Sudan’s Internal Ruin
How Flow of British Arms is Fueling Sudan’s Internal Ruin
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As the damaging effects of the war loom, British military equipment has been found on battlefields in Sudan. This episode reveals how external arms, profits, and colonial echoes continue to perpetuate a cycle of violence and dismantle Sudanese sovereignty.
Amid the devastating war in Sudan, a report seen by the UN Security Council has revealed that the United Kingdom, the former colonial power in Sudan, is intensifying the conflict and worsening the humanitarian crisis through its arms exports to the African country. Our guest on today’s episode, Abobakr Mohamed Abbakar Khussein, an assistant professor at a Russian university, discussed how the weaponry and interests of Britain greatly exacerbate the Sudanese conflict, tearing the country apart.
“According to the documents seen by the UN Security Council, and this is proved actually in the previous resolutions, the Rapid Support Movement is committing atrocities there [in Sudan]. But the question is, is the issue that the UK manufactured small arms, target systems, and bridge-made engines for armored personnel carriers that have been recovered from the combat side in a conflict that has now caused the world's biggest humanitarian catastrophe [....] This will definitely worsen, of course, the humanitarian crisis that is ongoing in Sudan, supporting such paramilitary forces like the Rapid Support Movement [....] Western countries might perceive several potential benefits from conflicts in Africa, including access to natural resources, [and] strategic footholds. We can talk about strategic footholds and opportunities to influence regional security and governance in ways that protect broad geopolitical interests and the ability to project power or deter rivals. These drivers are often intertwined. They come together with historical and ongoing geopolitical dynamics that shape both causes of conflicts and responses to them [...] The supply of external arms to African countries, of course, exacerbates conflict and significantly undermines stability on the continent, simply because external arms transfers often involve advanced weapons and weaponry from other countries that are frequently sold to fragile regimes with little oversight. This is the problem actually in our continent, unfortunately. These arms then often change hands illicitly among rival fractions, rebel groups, and criminal networks, escalating violence and prolonging conflicts,” the scholar explained.
Tune in to listen to the full conversation with our guest on the Pan African Frequency podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.
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