Qatar works to spread chaos in Sudan through ‘Green March’

Asmaa al-Batakoshi

Since the overthrow of the pro-Brotherhood regime in Sudan, Qatar’s many colors have shown as it presents a lie of itself to the Sudanese while searching for a Trojan horse that could be used to destroy the country for the benefit of the Brotherhood.

At the beginning of the Sudanese protests in December 2018, Qatar was supportive of the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir. But after his ouster, Doha declared its support for the Sudanese people’s revolution and called on all actors to “uphold the supreme national interest” and achieve the people’s aspirations and just demands for freedom and justice.

Earlier, the American magazine Foreign Policy said that Qatar and Turkey have been playing suspicious roles in stirring up crises in Sudan, pointing out that Qatar seeks to find a foothold in the country by supporting sedition and unrest in order for the protests and instability to continue.

“Green March” rallies

After Qatar realized that the Sudanese authorities would not be deceived by its masks, Doha worked to spread chaos in the country. It followed the method of provoking “Green March” protests in order to strike at the country’s stability and stop the wheel of peaceful transition, according to Sudanese circles.

The Brotherhood, following a Qatari plan, came up with the Green March to disrupt the transitional government and to relieve pressure on the group’s remnants and prevent them from being held accountable for the crimes they committed during the past thirty years, according to Sudanese media.

Green March activity began for the first time in Khartoum on December 14, 2019, and then in a number of Sudanese governorates, leaving violence and security tensions that almost slipped these areas into a state of chaos.

This activity came in conjunction with the pronouncement of the verdict in the case against Bashir on charges of corruption, as protesters gathered near the presidential palace chanting their slogans, but the Transitional Military Council led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan succeeded in aborting the Brotherhood plot.

But the Brotherhood, and Qatar behind them, transferred their subversive activities to the regional states after the roads of the capital Khartoum were restricted to them. So they provoked violence in Madani, the capital of Al-Jazirah State in central Sudan, after organizing a Green March rally on January 12. The local residents confronted them, leaving a number of wounded.

The remnants of the Islamist political movement also transferred their sabotage activities to Rabak, the capital of White Nile State, but their march failed as the residents confronted them.

Last week, the Brotherhood organized a Green March rally in El-Fula, the capital of West Kordofan State, where the pro-Brotherhood Qatari channel Al-Jazeera sent a special team to cover the event.

The Brotherhood also tried to use Burhan’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Entebbe, Uganda, as cover to restore Green March activity to Khartoum.

Remnants of the Brotherhood issued poisoned calls for come out to rally on Saturday, February 8, behind the guise of condemning Sudan’s rapprochement with Israel.

On Friday, February 7, three Sudanese states witnessed demonstrations denouncing bread shortages and high living prices, demanding the dismissal of the military rulers.

Demonstrations erupted Atbara, the capital of the Nile River State in northern Sudan, which was considered the beginning of the start of the December 2018 revolution that overthrew the Brotherhood’s rule, along with the city of Rabak, the capital of White Nile State, in addition to Sennar, which is located in the south of the country.

Meanwhile, the Sudanese Professionals Association demanded that the government expedite the appointment of civilian governors, which it called for within the demands of the popular campaign to complete the structures of the transitional authority, which translates into a victory of the December revolution that toppled the Brotherhood and puts an end to the activities of the ousted regime and Qatar, which is working to further complicate conditions throughout Sudan.

The association has also gathered a popular campaign that will continue throughout February 2020 to pressure the government to form a Legislative Council and appoint civilian governors.