Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, yesterday, insisted the government would not accept the formation of a parallel government with the country’s sanctioned paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

It also condemned Kenya for hosting a controversial “political agreement” with RSF in Nairobi for talks aimed at signing a political charter.

The Sudanese government also made its stance clear, saying no to a parallel government, or any “treasonous political project.”

Speaking with The Guardian in Abuja, yesterday, the media officer at the Embassy of Sudan in Nigeria, Almoiz Mohamed, dismissed RSF’s attempts to secure legitimacy, accusing it of relying on violence and atrocities rather than genuine political support.

The Sudanese government had, in a statement earlier, branded the meeting hosted by Kenya as a violation of international law and an act of hostility against the Sudanese people.

The ministry accused Kenyan President, William Ruto, of adopting a “disgraceful position by embracing and encouraging a conspiracy” that violates Sudan’s sovereignty.

It expressed regret over what it called Kenya’s disregard for its obligations under the United Nations Charter, the African Union’s Constitutive Act, and the Genocide Convention.

According to Sudan, the deal which aims to create a parallel government on Sudanese territory threatens the sovereignty of an African state and breaches fundamental principles of international order.

“Hosting leaders of the terrorist RSF militia and allowing them to conduct political and propaganda activities, while they continue to perpetrate genocide, massacre civilians on an ethnic basis, attack IDP camps, and commit acts of rape, constitutes an endorsement of and complicity in these heinous crimes,” it said.