January 3, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – A Sudanese minister on Friday called on the country’s political and military leaders to take decisive action against what he described as Chadian aggression, accusing its neighbour of supporting paramilitary forces fighting the Sudanese army. The Sudanese government accuses Chad of complicity in the conflict by allowing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to use its territory to receive military equipment from the United Arab Emirates. “It is time for the Sudanese government, at the level of political and military leadership, to take a decision commensurate with the escalating level of Chadian aggression against Sudan,” Minerals Minister Mohamed Bashir Abunommo said in a Facebook post. Abunommo called for a meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs, defence, culture, and information to coordinate a response “to confront this brutal aggression, which is increasing in intensity every day.” The minister, who is a prominent figure of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Arko Minawi, also expressed surprise at a congratulatory message sent by Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby to the head of Sudan’s ruling council on the occasion of Sudan’s National Day. “How can a president disregard all the ties of blood and eternal neighbourliness between …

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