Their statements crystallise concerns that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – the powerful paramilitary group in Sudan that killed Nadifa’s son – along with other allied Arab militia, remain intent on completing the genocide against the Masalit community, a darker-skinned African tribe, which began 20 years ago.
Last July, as Sudan’s war intensified and Chad’s refugee population increased, Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni hosted a conference in Rome on tackling migration from Africa.
Weeks after the World Bank visit, the EU unveiled a deal with Tunisia to tackle migration, including $105m to strengthen borders and return refugees to places such as Chad.
Kelly Clements, the deputy high commissioner of the UN’s refugee agency, believes the global humanitarian model may have reached a crossroads, revealing that elements of the international community were starting to tire of the concept of need.
Iran appears increasingly involved, backing the Sudanese military against the RSF, itself allegedly supported by the United Arab Emirates as proxies battle for Red Sea access.
Laura Lo Castro, the country’s UNHCR representative, says a sense of optimism had prevailed before last year’s migration talks in Rome and the failed ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia to end Sudan’s bloodshed.
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