Absolutely horrific, infuriating but necessary article about the horror of the taking of El Fasher by the RSF. A damning indictment on the international community in general and the US/UK in particular. They had clear intelligence that the city falling would result in a genocidal massacre, but chose to ignore it for the benefit of the relationship with the UAE. And so it proved, up to 50,000 people were massacred – and how many people know?
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> The US had issues – its entire Darfur team, sources said, was wiped out by the USAID cuts while senior state department officials were briefed to stop US president Donald Trump meddling in Sudan.
> “Keep Darfur off the president’s desk,” said a diplomatic source, adding that keeping the UAE on side over Gaza was a priority.
> As El Fasher’s demise approached, Minnawi engaged in frantic, futile diplomacy. Trump’s Africa envoy, Massad Boulous, never picked up the phone.
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Absolutely horrific, infuriating but necessary article about the horror of the taking of El Fasher by the RSF. A damning indictment on the international community in general and the US/UK in particular. They had clear intelligence that the city falling would result in a genocidal massacre, but chose to ignore it for the benefit of the relationship with the UAE. And so it proved, up to 50,000 people were massacred – and how many people know?
> The US had issues – its entire Darfur team, sources said, was wiped out by the USAID cuts while senior state department officials were briefed to stop US president Donald Trump meddling in Sudan.
> “Keep Darfur off the president’s desk,” said a diplomatic source, adding that keeping the UAE on side over Gaza was a priority.
> As El Fasher’s demise approached, Minnawi engaged in frantic, futile diplomacy. Trump’s Africa envoy, Massad Boulous, never picked up the phone.
I don’t even know what to say