{"id":70748,"date":"2026-05-14T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70748\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:48:15","slug":"french-leader-macron-says-external-forces-are-fueling-sudans-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70748\/","title":{"rendered":"French Leader Macron Says External Forces Are Fueling Sudan\u2019s War"},"content":{"rendered":"

French President\u00a0Emmanuel Macron has\u00a0described\u00a0<\/a>the conflict in Sudan as\u00a0involving “mass crimes, war crimes, and a catastrophic humanitarian situation”, while avoiding the term “genocide”.<\/p>\n

Macron said that the war<\/a> in Sudan is fuelled by “external forces that finance the warring parties to enhance their influence”, calling for an immediate ceasefire and a halt to all forms of external support. He said France supported the civilian transition after the Sudanese revolution and welcomed the government of\u00a0Abdullah Hamdok\u00a0before the situation turned into a conflict between “warlords dividing the country”.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, President William Ruto has\u00a0intensified\u00a0<\/a>Kenya’s criticism of Sudan’s rival military factions, rejecting the continued “babysitting” of the country’s fighting generals as the conflict pushes Sudan deeper into a humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n

Sudan:\u00a0
\n French President Emmanuel Macron – ‘War in Sudan Fuelled By External Forces’
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French President Emmanuel Macron has described the situation in Sudan as “mass crimes, war crimes, and a catastrophic humanitarian situation,” while avoiding the term “genocide,”\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Ruto Rejects ‘Babysitting’ Sudan Generals, Defends Neutral Role in Conflict
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President William Ruto has intensified Kenya’s criticism of Sudan’s rival military factions, rejecting the continued “babysitting” of the country’s fighting generals as the\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Africa:\u00a0
\n ‘I’m Incredibly Proud of My Record’ On Africa, Macron Tells RFI
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French President Emmanuel Macron says he is proud of how France’s relationships with countries in Africa have evolved under his leadership. Speaking to RFI at the close of the\u2026\u00a0Read\u00a0more\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Office of the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that\u00a0drone strikes\u00a0<\/a>in \u00a0Sudan\u00a0“accounted for at least 880 civilian deaths, more than 80% of all conflict-related civilian deaths” in the first four months of 2026.<\/p>\n

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk\u00a0condemned<\/a>\u00a0the rising use of these<\/p>\n

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UNICEF has\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0that children in Darfur are facing a new humanitarian catastrophe, two decades after the region first drew global attention, but with far less international focus and support. The agency said violence has devastated communities and displaced millions across Sudan, leaving children once again trapped in an acute crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In its latest Child Alert report titled Darfur: 20 Years On, Children Under<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the Africa Forward Summit, which brought together heads of state, including French President Emmanuel Macron, global investors, and policy leaders, President William Ruto said<\/a> Africa can no longer remain a passive participant in international systems where key decisions are made without its equal voice.<\/p>\n

Presidents William Ruto and Emmanuel Macron\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A community kitchen prepares food in the town of Tawila, which has become a hub for people escaping RSF attacks in El Fasher and surrounding displacement camps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French President\u00a0Emmanuel Macron has\u00a0described\u00a0the conflict in Sudan as\u00a0involving “mass crimes, war crimes, and a catastrophic humanitarian situation”, while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[2996,474,38664,948,116,38663,1579,242,3707,32618,40810,50,34902,51,113,20171,1745,1975],"class_list":{"0":"post-70748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-emmanuel-macron","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-business-and-finance","11":"tag-conflict","12":"tag-current-events","13":"tag-east-africa","14":"tag-economy","15":"tag-emmanuel-macron","16":"tag-governance","17":"tag-kenya","18":"tag-legal-and-judicial-affairs","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-peace-and-security","21":"tag-politics","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-sudan","24":"tag-trade","25":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116572304577100849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}