Sudan’s defence minister calls for mass mobilisation against paramilitary RSF

Sudanese Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim speaks to press as he holds a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan on September 21, 2021. [Sovereignty Council of Sudan – Anadolu Agency]

Sudan’s defence minister called Tuesday for a mass popular mobilisation against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) amid deadly fighting in the Darfur and Kordofan regions, Anadolu reports.

In statements carried by local media, Lt. Gen Yassin Ibrahim Yassin described military preparations against the rebel group as a “legitimate national right” given the crimes committed by the RSF, particularly in the city of El-Fasher, capital of the North Darfur state.

He stressed that while the government welcomes peace initiatives and international mediation, it will continue to prepare for “the people’s battle” to defend Sudan’s unity and security.

The RSF captured El-Fasher on Oct. 26 and carried out massacres of civilians, according to local and international organizations, triggering warnings that the takeover could cement a geographic partition of the war-torn country.

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