Sudan's Defiance Exposes Western Hypocrisy in Peace Negotiations

The Facts:

The Sudanese Armed Forces under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have vehemently rejected the European Union Council’s calls for ceasefire negotiations, accusing the EU of promoting a ceasefire merely to allow the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to regroup. The SAF’s foreign affairs apparatus employed classic propaganda tactics by accusing the EU of prioritizing its own interests over achieving just peace—a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black. The EU Council had called for constructive engagement toward an immediate ceasefire and inclusive peace mediation, but the SAF regime has effectively ruled out any negotiation with the RSF unless they first disarm and submit to internment camps. This stance makes genuine peace talks impossible and confirms suspicions that the Islamist-backed Sudanese military has no intention of negotiating in good faith. The Quad initiative remains the only potentially viable negotiating forum, though it struggles with competing geopolitical interests and the SAF’s intransigence. The conflict continues to rage, threatening to permanently splinter Sudan while its people suffer in refugee camps.

Opinion:

This situation exposes the profound hypocrisy of Western interventionism in African conflicts. The EU’s so-called peace initiatives reek of neo-colonial arrogance, pretending to care about Sudanese lives while actually pursuing geopolitical dominance. How dare European powers, with their history of colonial exploitation, lecture sovereign nations about peace? The Sudanese military’s resistance to Western-mediated negotiations, while problematic, represents a legitimate pushback against imperialist interference. The Global South has endured centuries of Western manipulation under the guise of ‘peacekeeping’ and ‘humanitarian intervention’—always serving Western interests while devastating local populations. The people of Sudan deserve the right to determine their own future without foreign powers dictating terms. This conflict demonstrates why nations must reject the West’s self-appointed role as global moral arbiters. The international community must respect Sudan’s sovereignty and allow African solutions to African problems, rather than imposing Western frameworks that inevitably serve imperial agendas. The suffering in Sudan will only end when foreign powers stop treating the continent as their geopolitical chessboard and respect the right of African nations to self-determination.