The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan
by ResPublica on 4/21/2026, 12:36:50 PM
https://respublica.media/en/en-sudan-abandoned-war-genocide-no-one-stopping/
Comments
by: goodcanadian
I feel like I have seen better analysis of this elsewhere. In a nutshell, it is not simply a civil war. Regional actors are involved as a proxy war: Saudi Arabia against the UAE, for example (who are also having a proxy war in Yemen). And Egypt against Ethiopia. The wikipedia article covers some of the complexity:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80%93present)#Foreign_involvement" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80...</a><p>EDIT: This is what I am thinking of: <a href="https://youtu.be/bpH37vGoRJc" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/bpH37vGoRJc</a>
4/21/2026, 2:01:20 PM
by: dmix
For context: SAF is backed by Saudis/Qatar/Egypt/Iran/Russia and RSF is backed by UAE/Libya/Ethiopia/Chad/previously Wagner but Russia switched sides.<p>The US and others have pushed for negotiations but the competing interests by the gulf states, russia, and other african countries have complicated things.
4/21/2026, 2:20:58 PM
by: dwa3592
This is heartbreaking. Is there a place where I can donate? Will it help in anyway?
4/21/2026, 1:50:46 PM
by: Synaesthesia
Africa sadly just gets ignored. But one day it will unite and develop itself, so I hope anyway.
4/21/2026, 1:48:39 PM
by: ahhhhnoooo
Is anyone stopping any of the genocides around the world? Governments and citizenry are engaged in many attempts to wholly eradicate cultures and minorities. Sometimes fast, like Israel attempting to eradicate Palestinians. Sometimes they are slow, like the barriers put into place against indigenous communities after generations of genocide against them.<p>It's not new either. Sudan, Uyghers, Rohingya, Yazidi, Armenians, Hutus, Tutsi, Bengalis, Cambodians. The world has stood by and not intervened in many of these. Heck, Palantir <i>just</i> posted that they believe some cultures should be eliminated in the United States.<p>It's grim out there.
4/21/2026, 2:30:47 PM
by: cess11
One factor this article skips over is that UAE and the Abraham Accords makes the US reluctant to rein in their buddies.<p>This might change due to the UAE not being very happy about the US dragging them into a regional war.
4/21/2026, 2:17:54 PM
by: csense
Let's be honest. If someone did send in the troops to restore order, people would be screaming "How dare you invade a sovereign country" or "You're only doing this because you want oil" or "The President wants to make Sudan the 51st state" or "You're wasting money and soldiers' lives messing around in a place most of us can't even put on a map" or "You're just doing whatever the Jews tell you to do."
4/21/2026, 2:06:06 PM
by: anovikov
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4/21/2026, 12:39:32 PM