The Sudanese government has condemned Kenya for allowing the Rapid Support Forces to conduct a meeting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

RSF is one of the warring factions in Sudan, and their action to hold a meeting at KICC in order to deliberate on forming what it said is a government of peace and unity has ruffled feathers in Khartoum.

Sudan now accuses Kenya of violating international laws and said the act promotes dismemebering of a member state of African Union (AU).

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets the Kenyan government’s disregard for its obligations under international law, the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by hosting the event of signing a so-called ‘political agreement’ between the terrorist Janjaweed militia—responsible for ongoing acts of genocide in Sudan—and its affiliated individuals and groups.

“Given that the stated objective of this agreement is to establish a parallel government on part of Sudanese territory, this move promotes the dismembering of African states, violates their sovereignty, and interferes in their internal affairs. This is, therefore, a clear breach of the UN Charter, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and the established principles of the contemporary international order,” a press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan and dated Tuesday, February 18, read.

Sudan said RSF has conducted atrocities and should not be allowed to conduct political activities in Nairobi.

“Furthermore, 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.

“Equally, this action by the Kenyan government not only violates the principles of good neighborliness but also contravenes the pledges Kenya has made at the highest levels not to allow hostile activities against Sudan to be carried out on its soil. It is, therefore, tantamount to an act of hostility against the entire Sudanese people,” it added.

Defence

Sudan affirms that the RSF propaganda in Nairobi will have no impact on the ground, adding that the Sudanese Armed Forces, along with joint and supporting forces—backed by the Sudanese people—remain resolute in their determination to liberate every inch of Sudanese territory.

“Their swift and continuous progress toward this goal remains unabated.

“While the ministry calls on the international community to condemn this hostile act by the Kenyan government, it affirms that it will take all necessary measures to redress the balance,” it concluded.

The KICC RSF activities could lead to more diplomatic tiffs not only between Kenya and Sudan but also among their allies.