NYTimes: The World Has Again Failed to Prevent Atrocities in Darfur : Shared by Tom McDermott

Kristof correctly points to the failure of the US and other major powers to pressure the UAE which is the principal funder of the RSF. Money talks!!

Tom

The World Has Again Failed to Prevent Atrocities in Darfur

Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
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Summary
Nicholas Kristof argues that mass atrocities are unfolding in El Fasher, Darfur, amid global indifference and failed U.S. diplomacy.

Reports indicate more than 460 people were killed in a hospital as the Rapid Support Forces seized the city after a siege, with satellite imagery suggesting widespread killings. Kristof contends these atrocities could have been deterred had the United States publicly pressured the United Arab Emirates to stop arming the militia, but both the Biden and Trump administrations prioritized relations with the Emirates over preventing genocide. He calls for accountability through the International Criminal Court, arms embargoes, and stronger action by Congress to halt Emirati support to the RSF.

Quotes
“More than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital had been killed in the city of El Fasher.”
“The massacres followed the seizure of El Fasher after a long siege by the Rapid Support Forces.”
“It is particularly shameful that both the Biden and Trump administrations have described the killings in Sudan as a genocide, yet neither tried forcefully to stop it in public.”
“We don’t want to see any Black people,” she recounted a militia leader saying.
“The way to end such crimes against humanity is not to send U.S. troops to invade, but to establish accountability.”