US Prioritizes 'Stability' While Sudan Burns, Again
The New Arab reports 60 killed in El-Fasher as Sudan's RSF intensifies siege, with activists calling it 'beyond disaster and genocide.' The international community, however, remains remarkably calm. This isn't newfound savagery; the RSF's lineage traces directly to the Janjaweed militias, architects of the 2003 Darfur genocide, a historical detail often glossed over in current reporting. Western
governments, including the US, have a long history of selective outrage, condemning when convenient, ignoring when conflicts complicate 'strategic partnerships' or resource extraction, as they did during Darfur's previous slaughter. (Remember the Bush administration's 'genocide' declaration and subsequent inaction?) One might wonder if these horrific deaths would garner more than a passing
headline if El-Fasher sat atop a major oil pipeline to Europe, or if its suffering could be leveraged against a designated 'adversary.' Instead, we get the usual bland condemnations, no urgent calls for intervention, and zero talk of 'humanitarian corridors'—a stark contrast to the urgency seen elsewhere. How many civilian massacres in Africa must be dismissed as 'internal conflict' before the
media acknowledges the consistent, racist double standard?