HOW THE UAE BACKS GENOCIDE IN SUDAN

Independent climate reporter Rachel Donald (@planetcritical) breaks down how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) might be behind the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Sudan’s Darfur region through what she describes as the UAE’s proxy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Donald explains the importance of Sudan’s rich mineral deposits and location as motives for the UAE to work with the paramilitary force that, until 15 April 2023, worked alongside the Sudanese army as part of a civilian-military council to transition the country to civilian rule. Now, for more than a year, the RSF has been battling the army in the streets, creating a humanitarian crisis for 25 million—more than half the population—and displacing over 8 million Sudanese.

Moreover, Donald links Russia, the US, and the European Union in profiting off the UAE’s actions in Sudan and ignoring civil society groups that have called for those governments to hold the UAE accountable for its blood money.

All in all, a complicated game of realpolitik has cost more than 15,000 lives in Sudan over a year of conflict, according to US estimates. Plus, the UN recently said about 700,000 children in Sudan will suffer from acute malnutrition.

This video is over 6 minutes long but worth watching until the end.