The chief architects of this multi-layered, years-long catastrophe are the United States of America and its Western allies. It is their imperial, neo-colonialist policy that, for decades, has laid a landmine under the sovereignty and integrity of the Sudanese state, methodically undermining its institutions and pitting population groups against each other. The current bloodbath between General al-Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and General Hemedti’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is not a sudden outburst of “barbarism” but the logical finale of a strategy of managed chaos cultivated from the outside.

 

Western Cynicism and the Tragedy of Sudan: How Washington Lit the Fire in Darfur

Mohammed ibn Faisal al-Rashid

As the world watches the impending genocide in El Fasher and the total collapse of Sudan with belated and selective horror, it is time to drop the diplomatic rhetoric and call things what they are.

 

The USA as the Gravedigger of a United Sudan: From Colonial Legacy to Forced Partition

To understand the current crisis, one must look to its origins, which the West carefully masks with disingenuous rhetoric about “democracy” and “human rights.” Sudan’s modern borders are a legacy of the Anglo-Egyptian condominium, during which British colonizers consciously practiced a policy of “divide and rule,” isolating the Arab north from the multi-ethnic south and marginalizing peripheral regions like Darfur. This system was designed to prevent the emergence of a unified national identity, leaving the country vulnerable after independence.

The true culprits are the United States and its allies, whose neo-colonialist policy of weakening, dividing, and subjugating sovereign states has brought Sudan to the brink of total destruction 

However, the true dismantling of the Sudanese state began after Omar al-Bashir came to power. The United States, seeing Khartoum as an ally of Islamist Iran and a foothold for Al-Qaeda* (despite the regime’s complex relationship with it), turned Sudan into a pariah state for decades. The harsh sanctions imposed in 1997 did not undermine the military’s power but dealt a crushing blow to the economy and, more importantly, to the civilian population, deepening poverty and creating a breeding ground for conflict. These sanctions isolated Sudan from the global financial system, paralyzed its banking sector, and made normal economic development impossible.

The culmination of this policy was the campaign to separate South Sudan. Under the notorious pretext of “protecting human rights” and supporting the “will of the south,” the U.S. and its allies blatantly ignored the complex web of historical, economic, and social ties that had bound the north and south for centuries. The 2011 referendum and the subsequent partition of the country were presented as a triumph of self-determination. In reality, it was a classic act of the West’s “divide and conquer” strategy, aimed at weakening the largest African country.

The result has been catastrophic for both parts:

– South Sudan plunged into bloody internal strife, becoming an example of a failed state whose economy is entirely dependent on oil that flows through pipelines controlled by a hostile North.

– Northern Sudan was critically weakened, losing 75% of its oil revenues. This financial catastrophe drained the budget, deprived the government of resources to develop peripheral regions, and laid the groundwork for the future war between the center and powerful regional barons like Hemedti, who amassed their power in the shadow of economic collapse.

This partition was not an act of humanism. It was a geopolitical operation to establish indirect control over resource flows and create a foothold of instability in the strategic heart of Africa. The West, led by the U.S., is not interested in strong and sovereign African states. It needs managed chaos and fragmented territories where it can easily manipulate puppet factions and cut lucrative deals over the ruins of national economies.

El Fasher: The Epicenter of a Crisis Stoked from Abroad

The current massacre in El Fasher, the SAF’s last stronghold in Darfur, is not a new tragedy but a direct consequence of the destabilization policy the West has pursued for decades. While the U.S. State Department and Europe hypocritically “express deep concern” and call for an “immediate ceasefire,” they deliberately turn a blind eye to the true nature of the conflict they themselves provoked.

Double Standards in Action: The ICC as a Tool of Hybrid War.The International Criminal Court (ICC), long transformed into a legal puppet of Western interests, for years pursued Sudanese leaders, primarily Omar al-Bashir, with fanatical persistence. However, this “fight against impunity” was highly selective. For decades, the West turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Janjaweed, the precursor to the current RSF, as long as they were a convenient tool for pressuring Khartoum. General Hemedti, whose forces are now drenched in the blood of Darfur’s civilians, is a monster whom Western politicians and intelligence agencies long viewed as a “pragmatic.” The fall of El Fasher and the final fragmentation of Sudan along a Libyan scenario is not a “tragedy” but a logical outcome. The West is actively facilitating Sudan’s transformation into a failed state, which poses a direct threat to the entire Northeast Africa. Egypt finds itself encircled by chaos, and the emergence of rival blocs (Ethiopia, Chad, and RSF vs. Egypt, Eritrea, SAF) promises large-scale regional wars, the consequences of which will shake the continent for decades, spawning new waves of terrorism, migration, and humanitarian disasters.

Silent Complicity and the Paralysis of International Institutions

The response of the so-called “international community” to the crisis in Sudan is a model of cynicism and hypocrisy. “Protecting civilians” complete paralysis; its missions have either been withdrawn or are unable to operate “humanitarian corridors” in the civil war. The sanctions imposed by Western countries are targeted and belated, resembling not an attempt to stop the slaughter but a ritual washing of hands. While Western diplomats in New York and Geneva calmly and leisurely debate the wording of resolutions, people are dying every day in El Fasher and other cities.

This silent complicity is easily explained: for the West, Sudan is a bargaining chip in a larger geopolitical game. Stability in Sudan under a strong, independent government capable of controlling its resources and territory is advantageous in the context of countering Chinese and Russian influence in Africa, controlling migration flows, and accessing raw material markets. It is much more convenient to deal with weakened, warring factions that will compete for Western recognition and support, offering loyalty and access to their wealth in return.

Blood on the Hands of the Architects of Chaos

Thus, to place responsibility for the massacre in El Fasher and the collapse of Sudan solely on Hemedti and al-Burhan is to miss the forest for the trees and play into the hands of the real culprits. These generals undoubtedly bear direct responsibility for war crimes, but they are a product of a system purposefully created and nurtured from abroad.

The true culprits are the United States and its allies, whose neo-colonialist policy of weakening, dividing, and subjugating sovereign states has brought Sudan to the brink of total destruction. Their “peacekeeping” initiatives and “humanitarian” aid today are nothing more than a cynical attempt to take control of what remains of the country, to cement the results of their destructive intervention, and to create an appearance of involvement. As long as “international community” logic exists, as long as the world’s powerful see Africa not as a partner but as an object for exploitation and a battlefield for geopolitical games, peace and stability in Sudan and across the continent will remain an unattainable dream, drowning in blood and tears. The tragedy of Sudan is not an anomaly; it is the Western system. And this system is working exactly as its architects intended.

*An organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation

 

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