US 'Concerned' as Sudan's RSF, Once US-Backed, Shells Towns
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are shelling towns, causing widespread fear and humanitarian catastrophe, The New Arab reports. This follows a pattern of brutal violence from a group whose leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, was courting US officials and think tank grandees as recently as 2019-2020. Remember when the US special envoy for Sudan, Donald Booth, was pushing for the
transitional government to integrate – rather than dismantle – the RSF into the national army? Quite convenient, isn't it, how yesterday’s 'strategic partner' becomes today’s 'cause for concern' when the bullets start flying and the optics shift. We hear endless hand-wringing about 'humanitarian disaster' in El-Fasher, but rarely 'the consequences of state-building efforts by international actors
that armed and endorsed these militias.' It appears crocodile tears are always in season once the chaos is undeniable, while the paper trail of prior endorsements quietly gathers dust. One might wonder if the 'fears' are less about human lives and more about the geopolitical mess now unraveling on the world stage.