Khalid Omar Yousif, deputy leader of the Sudanese Congress Party, said comments by former ruling-party powerbroker Nafi Ali Nafi are a “stinging slap” to anyone downplaying the political aims behind Sudan’s war, arguing they openly reveal the National Congress Party’s objectives.
In a Facebook post, Khalid Omar said Nafi portrayed the conflict as a “Western–Zionist–Crusader” conspiracy to loot Sudan and block Islamists from power. He added that Nafi depicted the April 15 outbreak as a “popular uprising” that foiled civilian forces and former UN envoy Volker Perthes—casting the revolutionaries as agents of an external plot.
According to Khalid Omar’s summary, Nafi rejected peace efforts outright, framing them as schemes to preserve the RSF and return “Hamdok’s group” to politics. Nafi also allegedly labeled the December Revolution an “external coup” aimed at undermining youth morals and the nation’s creed, while criticizing the army’s role and implying it should merely guard borders and shield compliant civilian governments.
Khalid Omar argued the remarks confirm the war is, at its core, the NCP and its Islamist movement’s battle to liquidate the December Revolution and punish the public that overthrew them. He branded the network “terroristic,” citing its past in Sudan’s partition, mass killings, and the Darfur genocide—and said today’s campaign extends that record by fueling a destructive war.
He urged the revolutionary camp to confront this reality. “The road to peace runs through confronting the NCP and the Islamist movement,” he said, calling on civilian forces to unite and deploy popular, political, media, and diplomatic tools to strip the former regime’s capacity to prolong the war.
