Analysis Accuses US of Double Standards on Houthis and Sudan's RSF
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Updated · sudanhorizon.com · Sep 9
Analysis Accuses US of Double Standards on Houthis and Sudan's RSF
1 articles · Updated · sudanhorizon.com · Sep 9
Summary
A Sudan-focused analysis says Washington brands Yemen's Houthis as terrorists while treating Sudan's Rapid Support Forces with softer, more political language despite alleged abuses against civilians.
The critique argues the gap reflects US strategic interests: Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping and links to a regional anti-US axis trigger sanctions and forceful rhetoric, while Sudan is handled as a more complex geopolitical file.
It rejects framing Sudan's war as a clash between equal parties, saying the RSF is an armed force outside the state's traditional structure and warning that political parity with the army rewards rebellion.
US envoy Massad Boulos is singled out as part of the problem, with the article accusing him of blaming the Sudanese Armed Forces for prolonging the war while leaving room for the RSF in a future settlement.
The piece says any durable peace in Sudan requires one standard for armed groups, accountability for crimes and a settlement built around one state and one army rather than power-sharing shaped by force.