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Sudan is a 10-nation proxy war. Why are we pretending there’s only one culprit?

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I am not here to deny that foreign powers have intervened in Sudan, nor to defend any external intervention, regardless of its source. But if foreign intervention is indeed the problem, why has international condemnation evolved into a political campaign focused on the United Arab Emirates, while the involvement of other states, providing documented military, financial, and logistical support, some of it openly before the eyes of the world, is largely ignored?

This is not an argument for exempting the UAE from criticism or accountability. It is a call for a single standard to be applied to everyone. Condemnation that singles out one country from a broad network of external actors neither delivers justice, nor stops the war, nor saves Sudanese lives. At best, it reflects an incomplete reading of the conflict. At worst, it exploits Sudan’s tragedy as a vehicle for political score-settling and regional competition.

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Sudan’s conflict is no longer merely an internal struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. It has long since evolved into a regional proxy war, shaped by the competing interests of more than a dozen countries supplying one side or the other with weapons, funding, drones, logistics, and........

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