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2023-05-15 Africa Horn

Sudanese generals determined to eliminate RSF militiamen and prosecute rebel commander

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Posted by Fred 2023-05-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Sudan

#1 NY Times, precis. "Today, Darfur the fighting has created a security vacuum that militias and armed tribes have exploited, raising fears of a widespread conflict and brutality... Fighting between two military factions has thrown Sudan into chaos..., As feuding generals turned Khartoum into a war zone. The violence has driven thousands of Sudanese into neighboring countries... As the crisis in Sudan creates the kind of power vacuum that the United States had hoped to avoid, critics of the Biden admin are blaming a naïve approach to foreign policy for the violence. In West Darfur in recent years, Arab communities have mobilized alongside the Rapid Support Forces and carried out attacks against non-Arab African groups, including the Masalit group, said Mohamed Osman, a Sudan researcher at Human Rights Watch. ..."
This is reporting that definitely needs expansion. First off, the RSF are led by a Zaghawa, and reporting indicates it is composed of ethnic Zaghawa, a non-Arab tribe. Why the African Mesalit should be under attack by Zaghawa is questionable, unless the ethnic Mesalit have thrown in with the Nile River Arabs, which does not make sense. If the African Zaghawa, Messalit, Fur and Darfur's minority tribes can expunge years of mistrust and unite, and then attack and defeat the Arab tribes of Darfur (which helped sponsor the vicious Janjaweed predators fostered by the Nile Arabs), the province can be theirs, howbeit after some struggle.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-05-15 08:50|| 2023-05-15 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank you for reading the New York Times so we don’t have to, Slavising Unineting5672. ;-) And for sharing what you know on the subject — Rantburg U rules!!

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