Al Jazeera Discovers Warlords Lack 'Governance Strategy'
The mainstream media's capacity for stating the blindingly obvious with a straight face is truly a wonder. The RSF, forged from the Janjaweed militias responsible for the Darfur genocide back in the early 2000s, built its 'strategy' on brutality and gold mines. Their leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti), a man sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for 'actions that have obstructed the transition to a
civilian-led democratic government', didn't exactly publish a white paper on sustainable development. This isn't a policy debate; it's a kleptocracy with guns. One might wonder if 'looting, extortion, and ethnic cleansing' counts as a governance strategy in some circles. The same international bodies that watched Sudan unravel for decades are now surprised when a militia-turned-paramilitary
doesn't have a plan for public services beyond what they can seize. It's almost as if they prefer to analyze the symptoms rather than acknowledge the long history of destabilization and resource grabs that fuel these conflicts.