Sudan Fighting Escalates, Displacing 3 Million in 3 Months

We keep fighting the fires while feeding the flames

🙏🏾 for Sudan

Why don't you report on the 7 year ongoing brutal conflict between Cameroun and Ambazonia???

The Sudanese people are dying in thousands, and the major countries speak but do not act. Unfortunately, the suffering of the people does not receive any attention. The world has turned its back on the Sudanese people.

Thank you Democracy Now!

A very insightful interview of Khalid Mustafa Medani giving not only some of the recent history of Sudan but the events & external actors that will be seminal to the outcome of this civil war. It would seem that consequences will follow that will shape not just Sudan but the whole geopolitical landscape of its neighboring countries. Meanwhile the country is ripped apart; destruction, looting, rapes & atrocities are perpetrated on the civilian population. Complete condemnation of the two warring factions who have a complete disregard for the civilian population who they were supposedly preparing for democratic elections.

Thank you, DN.

thank you for the consistent reports on Sudan

Sudan has witnessed many political coups. The country has also been at the centre of geopolitics owing to its geographical location. It borders the Red Sea where the US, UK fears the potential of a Russian base on Red Sea. Many major geopolitical powers, including Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have been trying to get influence over Sudan. Sudan’s strategic location and agricultural wealth have even attracted regional players. The UAE and Saudi managed to gain influence over Sudan by forming a ‘Quad’ alliance with the US and Britain. The UAE and Saudi Arabia took advantage of the revolutionary uprising of 2018-19 to bring Sudan under their influence. During the uprising, these two nations supported the Army and Paramilitary under the guise of ‘stability’, which resulted in replacement of Al Bashir as a ruler. UAE injected about $7 billion in Sudan’s economy. Both the UAE and Saudi initially had suspicion over Bashir’s intention as he was balancing ties with the UAE, Saudi and Qatar, Tehran. He used to receive subsidies from the UAE and loans from Qatar. Later, the UAE realised this and halted fuel shipments to Sudan which resulted in shortage of foreign exchange, landing the country in an economic turmoil. Bashir cut subsidies on bread, followed by demonstrations, which later became the Sudanese revolution. During the revolution, Egypt offered exile to Bashir in Saudi Arabia, but he refused, after which three countries (Egypt, UAE, Saudi) reportedly reached out to Abdelfattah Al-Burhan — a military general who had a great equation with three nations and served in Saudi-led forces in Yemen — and Hemedti, the head of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), for the coup. A few days later, forces led by Burhan and Hemedti overthrew dictator ruler Bashir and installed the Transitional Military Council (TMC). A power-sharing agreement was signed and Burhan, the head of the TMC, was made the head of the sovereignty council and de facto head for the next 21 months, while Hemedti became the deputy head of the council. However, now Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Hemedti’s RSF are battling for supremacy, leading to the violence in Sudan.

Very informative. And depressing.

Most Americans do give attention to African suffering and wars. Human flesh in Africa is no more moment to most Americans as a swarm of fleas. Our media hardly mentions these African horrors. It's really sad, this ethnocentrisim.

Where's the world's police units on this one?

Prof Khalid Mustafa Medani has many interesting things to say but often he could take his analysis a few steps further... Why was the Sudanese CP part of a bourgeois one party regime? This was a typical policy of supporting a supposedly progressive wing of the bourgeoisie and putting of socialist transformation for later. This proved disastrous in country after country; Indonesia, Iraq, Sudan, etc. Moreover, implementing neoliberalism in Sudan and later supporting military figures in the "transition process" were by no means mistakes made by foreign powers and US imperialism in particular. This approach flows out of the objective interests of imperialism; exploiting and dominating the neocolonial world... allowing the local population have a genuine say would run counter to this.

Why does Amy introduce the programmes as “the war and peace report?” In a big fan but I would just like to know.

What a crying shame.

Thanks God, the pundits absolved the Wagner Group?

I think

All is fixing

Praying 🙏 going out to all of you in Sudan 🇸🇩 to be bless in king 👑 holy almighty powerful awesome Jesus name we pray amen

It is striking that the only voice that matters in this whole UAE-instigated war is missing: the voice of the Sudanese people. Sudanese people are unequivocally on the side of their army as they do not see this ongoing conflict as a war between two generals even though they are aware of how the current leader of the army, Burhan, has aided and abetted in the expansion of the Janjaweed forces. To them, this is a battle of dignity, and they are determined to see an end to this marauding and brutal militia. Unfortunately, the remaining components of the so-called freedom and change forces (FCF) are on the side of the so-called Rapid Support Forces out of an irrational fear of the remnants of the previous regime. They have not condemned the blatant violations and unspeakable atrocities committed by the Janjaweed. Luckily, they do not represent anyone but themselves. It is worth noting that the RSF was created by the previous regime of Omar Al-Bashir as his private protector from the army and the people, but the leader of RSF started dreaming of ruling Sudan, which is why he betrayed his patron. In fact, RSF is made up of many individuals from the previous regime of the Muslim Brotherhood. While the unfortunate conflict may seem complicated, it was actually sparked by an all-consuming ambition of the leader of the RSF, Hemedti, to rule Sudan by hook or crook and aided and abetted by the United Arab Emirates. Having said that, the leader of the army, Burhan, is equally to blame as he has supported Hemedti thinking that he could use him to hold on to power. At this point, Sudan as a state is facing an existential threat, and whether we will come out of this war a stronger and a better country or a weaker and divided one depends on our unity. Like the overwhelming majority of Sudanese, I have no choice but to support the army despite its flaws and incompetent and corrupt leader because we do not want our country to fall apart.