Note from Sudan Watch Editor: In some news reports journalists are referring to Sudan as an Arab country. In 2007 Reuters reported that Sudan’s President Bashir dismissed claims of ethnic cleansing in Darfur. It quoted him as saying:
"Talk of Arabs killing blacks is a lie. The government of Sudan is a government of blacks, with all different ethnic backgrounds ... We're all Africans, we're all black."
[ see Sudan Watch archive https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2007/02/sudans-bashir-were-all-africans-were.html ]
I still maintain the view that the aim of the Darfur rebel leaders is to topple the Sudanese government - they've admitted it themselves, noted here in the archive of Sudan Watch. JEM has talked of making Darfur their own country. I wonder whether the financing behind the insurgents is that of black Africans, Arabs, Russians, Chinese, French or investors such as Friedhelm Eronat and Philippe Heilberg aiming to exploit Sudan's natural resources.
It wouldn't be far fetched to speculate that Hemeti could spend the next few years creating income for Sudan by hiring out Chadian and Sudanese soldiers, His end reward could be to rule Darfur militarily.
The purpose of many kidnappings of male youths in Darfur and elsewhere is, presumably, to use them as soldiers to fight in Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Libya, Yemen and other places. To my mind it is slavery.
Reportedly, Russians are involved in some of the training. What other gainful employment is there for many of Sudan’s increasing number of uneducated males? The alternative is to escape to another country.
Meanwhile the elderly, infirm, poor females and children are left to live on foreign aid, UN, NGOs etc. Now with climate change and desertification, too many people are living in the wrong places. God help them.
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