Double standards

Certainly, we support and welcome the (Al-Hilu – Kabbashi) Agreement to deliver aid to our people in the Blue Nile state, which was signed in Juba under the auspices of President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir. We had held hope it would be a matter of comprehensive agreement that included all routes, not limited to specific ones. As the people of Sudan need help at this stage, and that need doesn’t only apply to the residents of South Kordofan and Blue Nile alone.

At a time when everyone was welcoming the agreement out of mercy for our brothers who are besieged by hunger from all directions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “of Port Sudan” and its esteemed Minister attacked the neighboring country of Chad, spouting accusations of supporting the Rapid Support Forces and providing aid to the displacement camps in Darfur, “as he imagines” or is trying to apply pressure by claiming that military equipment is what’s actually delivered through Chad instead of aid, regardless of the Minister having absolutely no evidence to support that claim.

Realistically speaking, he could have “relinquished” his blind support for the de facto government and the coup committee in Port Sudan, travel to N’Djamena and conduct a discussion with them, out of mercy for the people of the country who are seeking shelter in the refugee and displacement camps there, where every two hours a child among them dies from malnutrition. He could have merely paid a visit to these camps under the auspices of the Chadian government, to oversee their conditions, for in difficult situations, the qualities of men are revealed.

If “His Excellency” believes that the Rapid Support Forces is a rebellious force that finds support from some countries, then Al-Hilu is also a rebel force that receives support from various countries, and through Juba itself, the sponsor of the Agreement. The latter force even secludes part of the homeland to form a State expanding throughout the Nuba Mountains, the Blue Nile, and South Kordofan. Hence, there’s no notable difference between Al-Hilu and the Rapid Support Forces, except that the latter stands (like a whale fork) in the face of the expansion of the Security Committee and the Kizani control over the entire country. There is no intrinsic difference between the displaced people in displacement camps in Blue Nile or West Darfur, as both are Sudanese people who must be supported through this ongoing ordeal.

Both parties to the conflict must allow and welcome the entry of all types of support through all routes. For the displaced people have no say in who controls the land, and double standards for the sake of personal interests is highly unacceptable. Therefore, we continue to support the Jeddah negotiations, in which both parties will be forced to put forth blank papers free of those interests.

The revolution will never stop…
Retribution is inevitable…
And mercy be upon the martyrs.