Al-Hilu to RSF Militia: “There is No Permanent Friend”, threatens to hold it accountable.

The Head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Abdelaziz Al-Hilu, has threatened to hold the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, allied with him, accountable for the violations they committed at Zamzam camp. This move appears to be an attempt to evade the RSF’s crimes.

In an interview with Al-Hadath TV, Al-Hilu said that the crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes committed by the RSF militia in El-Geneina and Darfur are not forgiven by limitation.

He emphasized that the perpetrators of these crimes will be subject to trial under the “Founding” document signed by the movement, the militia, and a number of political factions and armed movements in Nairobi.

Al-Hilu downplayed the militia’s violations in Zamzam camp, which claimed the lives of hundreds of displaced persons (IDPs), justifying these violations by claiming that what happened in Zamzam was similar to what the army had done in other areas. However, he later retracted and said that the RSF militia had signed a founding document stipulating the prosecution and accountability of all perpetrators of violations, including the militia.

Al-Hilu stressed that the Sudanese people would hold the RSF, the SPLM-N, and all those who violated their rights accountable.

Regarding the timing of the parallel government’s announcement from the Republican Palace, as previously claimed, Al-Hilu attacked the Republican Palace, considering it a symbol of injustice and discrimination, describing it as Gordon’s colonial palace. He claimed that it did not represent them and disavowed their intention to announce the government from there, claiming that they could build a palace any where. He stated that losing the palace did not mean losing the war.

In the same context, he conditioned the cessation of the war in Sudan on addressing the roots of the problem, such as ending the use of religion in politics and ending racism, he said. He emphasized that implementing secularism would stop the war in Sudan and prevent the division of Sudan. In the same vein, Al-Hilu announced that they would not refuse to sit down and negotiate with the federal government, led by President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, threatening to extend the war to Portsudan and Merowe tomorrow if the government did not agree to sit down with them to achieve peace. Regarding the continued relationship with the Rapid Support Forces militia, Al-Hilu asserted that there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, but rather permanent interests, as he put it.