Qatar’s fake ‘dove of peace’ in Sudan
Qatar is endeavoring with all its might to play the role of
“peace mediator” in African countries, especially Sudan. Although Doha’s peace
efforts appear to be well-intentioned, they are fictitious at their core,
aiming either to gain support or to pressure the adoption of a particular
political position.
Qatari media has again talked about Sudan benefiting from
the "Doha Document for Peace". Not only has Doha penetrated all the
joints of the Sudanese state, whether economic, banking or archaeological, but it
now seeks a new political role to replace its old role in the regime of ousted
President Omar al-Bashir, whether by taking on the role of “peace mediator” or by
secretly supporting the Islamist and Brotherhood currents in the country.
After 30 months of Qatari negotiations between Sudan and the
rebel factions in Darfur, Qatar came up with a peace document in 2011 between
the Sudanese government and one of the factions in the region that holds no political
or military weight, which sparked the wrath of some factions, including the
Justice and Equality Movement. Sudanese analysts described it as ink on paper,
renewing talk of the document again in 2018 and indicating that the
negotiations will not return to zero again after their full ten years.
The Egyptian Observatory of Thought and Strategic Studies
pointed to Qatar's "conflicting" stance towards the Sudanese
revolution. Despite its hostility at the beginning, it did not want to lose an
important geographical area in the region and therefore announced its support
for Sudanese stability.
On the other hand, Qatar is trying to display a new
Brotherhood party, under the auspices of the Popular Congress Party, the Reform
Now Movement, and the Justice Peace Platform, as an attempt to thwart steps of
political accommodation between the Transitional Military Council and the Forces
of Freedom and Change in order to bring the Brotherhood back to the scene
again.
Sudan's new positions
Western research confirms Qatar’s deceptive mediating role
in Sudan and Somalia. In addition to investment and political support,
archaeological projects, humanitarian aid, and more, Doha aims to influence
Sudan's new, neutral position on the Qatar crisis with the Arab Quartet (Saudi
Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt) boycotting Qatar.
In a research paper issued by a Turkish research center
entitled "The Horn of Africa between the Qatar Crisis and the GCC Countries,"
researcher Abdinor Dahir confirmed that, for example, Qatar's pseudo-peace
mediation between Sudan and Eritrea after the two countries cut ties in 1994
worked to define a meeting between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Doha in 1999. Yet Eritrea accused Qatar of
fueling the conflict by supporting some factions and opposition groups taking
Sudan as a starting point, as well as returning opposition leaders and
encouraging them to rebel against the Eritrean government.
