It’s only taken them over three weeks, but the African Union’s finally broken its silence and come out against plans to essentially dismember war-torn Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary and its allies signed a charter in Kenya last month for the creation of a government to rival Khartoum, its opponent in Sudan’s proxy war. The AU is urging the international community to have no dealings with any parallel administration – not something the Arab states bank-rolling the RSF are likely to heed.
