SLM-Minawi joins Sudan’s fight against RSF

March 24, 2024 (ATBARA, White Nile State) – Minni Arko Minawi, leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), announced his movement’s active participation in the fight against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday. He cited the RSF’s violations of Sudanese sovereignty and serious human rights abuses as reasons for their involvement.

Minawi appeared in a convoy of military vehicles departing Atbara, Nile River State, en route to Khartoum. He stated, “The SLM aims to contribute to rebuilding citizens’ lives and reclaiming the country from those who terrorized them with acts of sexual violence.”

Minawi emphasized the country faces a critical crisis. He condemned the RSF’s attacks on state sovereignty and citizens’ dignity through crimes committed in Darfur, Gezira, and Khartoum.

“These attacks include the rape of women, violations of religious sites, seizing land and property, and occupying homes and institutions in Khartoum,” he detailed. “They even disrupted humanitarian aid deliveries by attacking safe passage routes.”

Minawi expressed that the SLM had waited for over ten months without success for a peaceful resolution to the crisis. He urged Sudanese citizens to resist the RSF’s actions, which he called a violation of Sudanese sovereignty by “foreigners” entering their homes.

“We will collaborate with our brothers in the joint force to stop these violations,” Minawi declared.

This announcement follows a similar move on November 16, 2023, by Minawi, Jibril Ibrahim, and Mustafa Tambour, leader of another SLM faction, who abandoned neutrality to join forces with the Sudanese army against the RSF.

(ST)