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Sudan and Operation Decisive Storm

Major opposition parties in Sudan boycotted the elections that took place earlier this month, but are now supporting the government's decision to join Operation Decisive Storm disregarding the effect this will have on the people of Yemen.

By Yosra Akasha
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A protest arranged outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London. S Li/Demotix. All rights reserved.
A protest arranged outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London. S Li/Demotix. All rights reserved.

A protest arranged outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London. S Li/Demotix. All rights reserved.

Sudan’s decision to join Operation Decisive Storm with Saudi Arabia and a coalition of Gulf countries to fight Yemeni Houthi rebels comes as no surprise.

The government of Sudan has no limits when it comes to its regional and international allies. Aerial bombardments were one of the techniques being used against people in South Sudan during the 1990s civil war, and more recently in the Darfur Genocide and in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions. Nuba Reports, who report from the frontlines in South Kordofan, stated that 3470 bombs targeted civilians since April 2012.

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