Is the UK playing a double game in Sudan and Somalia?

Critics say it’s enabling violence in Sudan. And while backing Somalia’s unity, it is doing business with Somaliland. The result: The UK is increasingly seen as an amplifier of the Horn of Africa’s crises.

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In December, as it often has during the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the British government urged accountability, expressing concerns about the mass-scale death and devastation that civilians have suffered.

But reporting has shown that, behind the scenes, the United Kingdom rejected more ambitious plans to prevent atrocities as violence escalated.