President William Ruto's security advisor Monica Juma has warned that the ongoing war in Sudan risks escalating and destabilising the region if a solution is not found soon.
Monica Juma told American publisher The National that the war which has raged for over 100 days now will destabilise the region and create breeding areas for terrorists.
Juma's remarks come at a time when one of the factions in the war is accusing Nairobi of supporting the opponent with no evidence.
“This is not just a Sudan problem, it is not just a regional problem, it impacts a huge tract of Africa within the Sahel," she stated.
The fighting is between the country's paramilitary unit Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Gen Mohamed Dagalo and the country's military under the command of Gen Abdel Al-Fattah.
“With its eruption in Darfur and the tensions we are seeing in other regions, including fighting in North Kordofan, in other areas such as Blue Nile, there is a real risk of fragmentation of Sudan,” Juma told The National.
Already, a hacker group has reigned terror on Kenyan digital infrastructure in the last four days, alleging allegiance to one of the factions in the war and demanding that Kenya stop meddling in the affairs of the Horn of Africa country.
The group, calling itself Anonymous Sudan, has targeted eCitizen and other critical websites, but they have since been restored.
While there is no proof to link the hacker group and Al-Fattah, the spate of hacking came immediately after the general accused President William Ruto of links to Dagalo, which Nairobi has denied.
“When you have this level of fragility, there is also a huge risk of extremism and a multiplication of bands and criminal groups,” Monica stated.
The security advisor believes that if the matter is not handled, then the war could push the region into a crisis, affecting already fragile countries like South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Libya.
The war could also spill into Kenya's vast troubled north, calling for an urgent intervention.
The war in Sudan has seen a number of its citizens lose their lives with the United Nations (UN) revealing that the war has claimed over 600 lives since April.
