INingizimu Afrika izwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngodweshu lwezikhali eSudan
IHhovisi likaMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika lizwakalise esitatimendeni ukukhathazeka okujulile mayelana nengxabano yezikhali eqhubekayo eSudan, ebangele ukulahleka okukhulu kwempilo yabantu, ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla, ikakhulukazi ingqalasizinda ebucayi, kanye nokuxoshwa kwabantu abaningi ezindaweni zabo. Ingxabano, eyaqala ngoMbasa zili-15, 2023, ihlanganisa iSudan Armed Forces (SAF) kanye neParamilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Ukuma ebunyeni nabantu abangenacala baseSudan, iNingizimu Afrika igqamise ukuhlupheka okukhulu okubekezelelwe izakhamuzi kusukela kwaqubuka impi. Izwe seliphinde lagcizelela ikhwelo lalo lokuthi iqedwe ngokushesha le ngxabano futhi lanxusa ukuba kuqalwe kabusha izingxoxo zangempela neziqotho ukuze kuncishiswe ukuhlupheka kwabantu okwesikhathi eside eSudan.
IHhovisi ligcizelele ukuthi asikho isixazululo ngempi kule ngxabano, likhuthaza ukuthi kuxazululwe isisombululo ngokuthula ngezingxoxo ezibandakanya abantu baseSudan kanye nabaholwa yiSudan.
Ukukhathazeka okukhulu kuye kwavezwa ngezimpi ezinkulu e-El Fasher, inhloko-dolobha yaseNyakatho Darfur, kanye nezimo ezinzima izakhamuzi eziningi ezibhekene nazo, ikakhulukazi abesifazane nezingane. Ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali ezinzima ngamaqembu alwayo ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi kugxekwe ngokubeka izimpilo zabantu engozini. Lokhu kuhambisana nesixwayiso esikhishwe uNobhala Jikelele we-United Nations (UN) u-Antonio Guterres kuMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN, ephawula uthe: “Ukuhlaselwa kwabantu ngamabomi kanye nokuvimbela ngamabomu ukusiza abantu abaswele kungase kube ubugebengu bempi.”
INingizimu Afrika iphinde yanxusa zonke izinhlangothi ezithintekayo kulo mbango ukuthi zihloniphe umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wobuntu, nokuvikela izakhamuzi, ikakhulukazi abesifazane nezingane. Ukwengeza, igcizelele ukubaluleka kokungavimbeli usizo lwesintu kanye nokwesekwa kwezokwelapha.
Bangaphezu kwe-130 abantu asebeshone esibhedlela esisodwa edolobheni elivinjezelwe laseSudan i-El Fasher, esifundeni saseDarfur, ngokusho kwenhlangano yezempilo iMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emavikini amabili ngenxa yalolu dlame.