Mainstream Media Discovers Suffering — Just Don't Ask About the Enablers
Al Jazeera quotes Nathaniel Raymond of Yale, warning of 'mass deaths' in el-Fasher, Sudan, now a desolate landscape following the RSF takeover. The vivid imagery serves to highlight a humanitarian catastrophe, yet the narrative often glosses over the deeper currents of geopolitical indifference. One might recall the international community's muted response to similar atrocities in Darfur from 2003
onwards, where the roots of today's RSF leadership were first cultivated under Omar al-Bashir's regime. The 'ghost town' of el-Fasher isn't a sudden apparition, but a slow-motion haunting, facilitated by global players prioritizing stability over justice, and arms deals over human lives. While Al Jazeera spotlights the immediate tragedy, it often avoids the broader context of who bankrolls and
diplomatically protects various factions in the region. The US and UN, for all their expressed 'concern,' have historically been selective in their interventions, often waiting until crises are beyond repair before issuing tepid condemnations. This pattern raises the inevitable question: will the 'ghost town' status of el-Fasher elicit any concrete action or just more somber analyses from
comfortable distance?