Sudan's 'Split' or Just Another US-Fueled Proxy War Legacy?
Al-Monitor reports on the Sudanese paramilitary's advance in Darfur, raising fears of a 'split' and 'escalation.' What they don't explicitly connect are the historical threads, including US sanctions and counter-terrorism policies, which actively weakened Sudan's central government and fueled regional militias like the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF itself evolved from the Janjaweed, groups
Washington once formally condemned for atrocities, yet whose rise to power was indirectly facilitated by the dismantling of stable state structures. We are told of a 'brutal 18-month siege' as if this chaos materialized from thin air, rather than being the predictable fallout of long-term geopolitical maneuvering. How many regional collapses get rebranded as tragic, inevitable 'splits' when the
fingerprints of past interventions are conveniently wiped away? One might ask if the 'cementing' of a split is less about Sudanese agency and more about solidifying a power vacuum for future exploitation. After all, stability has rarely been the primary Western interest in resource-rich, strategically located nations.