As someone who has lived through every single day of this war, I must say this report only scratches the surface of the horrors inflicted by the RSF. It fails to mention the widespread looting and the horrific rapes, which stand as some of the worst in Africa's history. A 13-minute report simply cannot do justice to the immense suffering the Sudanese people have endured at the hands of the RSF. The world needs to know the full extent of these atrocities.
@@abrahamtechman I attempted to provide my email, but it seems RU-vid’s policy is preventing the comment from being posted. If you have any alternative suggestions for communication, please feel free to share. I would be more than willing to convey the complete truth to you from an on-the-ground perspective.
It's so infuriating knowing that two men, a bunch of blood thirsty, power hungry & highly ignorant soldiers are at the helm of this. How do you destroy your own nation to this extent???
No 90 % of the RSF are terroist people from Africa and UAE army the UAE and some countries are funding the RSF and giving them advanced weapons to take over the Sudanese military and government + the RSF attacks and are killing innocent civilians Sudan military doesn’t do that
I believe the Sudanese Arabs and Arabized native Africans did the same exact things to their own countrymen for over 20+ years, but they were treated farrr worse because the other people were the native African tribes of the whole entire West of Sudan in Darfur. And the Janja Arab general (now RSF) was paid by the government, by the former President dictator, as well as there were Sudanese government soldiers assisting the Janja Arabs to do full ethn1c cl3ansing of the native Sudanese African tribes: the Darfurians, such as Fur tribe, Zaghawa, and Masalit, etc., people who aren't Arabs like the Janjas, that was the Darfur War. The Janja Arabs have 20+ years of experience doing these sorts of things in the previous Darfur War, and they also have battle experience from fighting in Yemen and Libya fighting for the UAE. So, the Sudanese Janja Arabs, who is now the powerful and quite wealthy RSF due to the gold mines they control, and the RSF buys all sorts of weapons and ammo, trucks like Land Cruisers, whatever else coming straight from the UAE with the gold they mine because the Arabs in the UAE love gold. Say, in Dubai, there are countless dozens of gold shops like in Gold Souk, plenty of massive 22k gold jewelry that can even cover the whole chest for their wives, even the supercars and luxury vehicles are gold plated, basically the whole entire shop is yellow gold, gold jewelry everywhere, they really love their gold. The UAE really has no problem arming the RSF, and they're both Arabs.
iam from sudan its not war between two men as they said its war between a Militia supported by big countries and sudanses people people stand with the army except for the traitors
As an Egyptian following this conflict has been one of the most painful things in my life, every minute of this video was physically painful, this must end NOW!!
@@JimiFarklefr this was seems a lot bigger than Ukraine and Israel, you combine those 3 and it's almost like we're in the beginning phase of a world war
Probably a lot worse to be in those circumstances compared to looking at it on a digital screen that you can either turn off or simply ends and you move on to whatever.
We appreciate WSJ's attention to the situation in Sudan and its advocacy for the Sudanese people. I would like to ask everyone who reads this comment pray for Sudan 🇸🇩; your prayers are highly needed.
I was about to make a donation but u say prayer is enough, so be it... Do all gods ignore Sudan the same or should I choose a specific imaginary entity? Or are the prayers simply for your personal satisfaction no matter if this mess stops or not?
Genuinely curious but isn’t this what the Sudanese were doing to the south Sudanese for 20 years? I don’t really have sympathy for the people who committed genocide against Christians.
@@vaterunser3879 My guess is he believes that prayers really help. I personnaly don't agree, but I don't think it's fair to talk about his personal satisfaction. He thinks it's helping, therefore he may be confused, but not necessarily self centered.
@@vaterunser3879neither donation or prayer is needed. What is needed is the people to use their heads and stop their stupid wars. No donation will be enough when there's these endless wars. For prayers, the religious beliefs are among the major causes of wars in those Arab countries.
Egregious! Two military generals who have no consideration for the Sudanese population; both complicit in war crimes! How could either of them successfully run the country & have popular civilian support?
I'm not sure Sudan has ever been governed by any form of popular, civilian support. Just a small group rich from selling oil, everyone else too destitute to have power, and enough armed thugs on payroll to keep it that way.
@@nickorme8112 Omar Al-Bashir dictatorial rule for 30 years; had seen the killing of 300,000 civilians in Darfur! The present civil war playing out has seen > 8.6M people displaced.
Good piece, but two main points left out, 1st is that its not just a civil war between 2 power hungry generals, the nuance is that the RSF and their UAE backers tried to sieze rule with a coup which failed. 2nd the Army restricts Aid because the UAE literally sent weapons and ammo to the RSF militia in Aid boxes, wsj themselves reported on that. Google wsj UAE Sudan. Third is as you can see all the people are much safer in the Army controlled areas, as for all its shortcomings it doesn’t target civilians like the RSF deliberately does.
On behalf of milions of suffering sudanese people I thank WSJ for shedding light on the ongoing conflict in our beloved country Sudan. Your coverage is crucial in bringing attention to the suffering and struggles faced by the people there. Your work helps raise awareness and informs the global community about this critical issue. Many thanks to the front liners , Dr. Jamal Eltayib and the rest of his team
It’s life it will happen to almost anyone and has happened countless times throughout history people need to stop wishing for impossibilities and just accept it
@@Tinman-1 Currently yes, but we'd be fool to think only people from that religion are able to do this. These kind of atrocities have been hapening in every region of the world thoughout history.
@@CodeLife_12not really a surprise. When the leader of your religion is a warlord it tends to create a blueprint for the people who subscribe to the teachings…
Civil society countries must strive for peace instead of financing wars that displace and kill, as everyone wants to live When the Corona pandemic came, the world was at peace, but it was struggling with life as a result of natural disasters, and everyone loved others and helped other peoples, and there was peace. Governments of countries must develop programs that include progress, development, and concern for people instead of searching for wars
It’s not that the war is forgotten, it’s just that it doesn’t serve the political racial oppressor/ oppressed binary of the current western intersectionality culture. They don’t know who to hate so they stay out of it.
Thank you for commenting what I was going to comment. Also the RSF is largely composed of Muslims who have been massacring black Christians, which probably conflicts with that whole religion of peace thing.
Follow the money. People paying for NATO care because it's their money and maybe family. Humans cannot absorb the never ending sorrow, or joy for that matter, of all that is going on around them. We have to select where our passions can be spent or we will collapse.
@@p_snimon_enis9850countless spamming of pro Ukrainian propaganda while stories like this go untold is a moral failure on the part of mainstream media. WSJ has done a good job of covering it since it broke out.
As South Sudanese🇸🇸, I know exactly what the Sudanese war is about, but it’s also difficult to explain to outsiders but I’ll do my best. Sudan is a country that has wars within. In 1889, it was under British colonialism, just as other nations as the time but Arab merchants, who were working for the British and later worked with the British, by favoritism over black Nubians and Nilotic Africans, reasons; racially, and their skills as they could served the British. On the other hand, the Indigenous peoples’ skills were that of hunting and made homes of huts. The Indigenous people also opposed to British occupying their lands. While all these factors were taken place, the British had missionaries in the South of the country to educate them about Christianity , had challenged their Animism spiritual beliefs/practices. While in the North, Arabs were rapidly spreading the Islam ☪️ religion by utilizing forcefully converting, by using Sharia law against the those who resisted, amputating rights and left legs, mostly men. And women were subjected to Female circumcision practices. Mostly Southern became Christians, Catholicism and Episcopalian. I am a proud Christian, I would choose Christianity any day over all Juju’s practices, it’s my personal belief/sentiment. Forward to 1955, British grand Sudan to be independent. British were well aware there were going to be turmoil in Sudan between the North and South because of their many differences; culturally, economically, racially and religiously. British then granted the Southerners the Autonomy to govern themselves in the Southern areas. Immediately, after colonization ended, Northerners(Muslims) and Southerners(Christians), keep in mind, after Arabs converted Black Nubians, they began intermarriages with each other. So now you have Arabs: middle eastern look alike, light skin (mixed race) and black Nubians who identified as Arabs because they are Muslims. All the Muslims in Sudan identify themselves as Arabs and declared wars on those who identified as Africans/Black and Christians. They did it brutally , by using the most their most darkest skin complexion Muslims, who has self-hatred internalized ideologies towards my Beautiful, very dark and tall people and who had and always identify themselves as Black African people, even with our Christianity ✝️ religion. We fought with the Arabs/Muslims in Sudan for decades and lost over 4 million lives and our have achieved more our independence, the Nation, Republic of South Sudan🇸🇸. Now they have turned against their Dark skin Muslims/Arabs’ brothers and sisters. Those two guys are using the same ideology that were used on Southerners, great to everyone, that is what I can provide as of today🙏✝️❤️
Thank you for your valuable perspective my brother. I am Coptic Christian from Egypt and found it very enlightening. It is so sad that there is an element of this to do with the forced arabisation of a group of people, and their subsequent hatred of others who do have not been Arabised. This and religious differences is undoubtedly what motivated their geonocidal tendencies. But where these people to read their history, they would know many of them had nubian ancestors who had independent kingdoms like Nobatia and Markuria that fought off Arab Muslim enroachment for centuries. I don't even see myself as Arab but Arabised because my ancestors lost their native tongue and culture. I look forward to the days where we can be proud of our African heritage and Christian faith. Or Arab heritage and Islamic faith. But sit together as brothers again. Wishing you peace and prosperity ✌🏽
This is the justice of my Lord Jesus Christ. I said it once and I will say it a thousand times. The Lord does not forget the rights of his children who were killed and tortured at the hands of sons of Satan.
As a Kenyan you have helped me understand what is going on in Sudan. In short our own people are killing each other because of Islam, Christianity and Arabization. Initially black Africans who had converted to Islam were used to fight those who had been converted to Christianity. Then after the South Sudan was split from Sudan then the war took the turn of the Arabized African muslims versus African Muslims. President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of Tanzania warned about this kind of division and hatred. I wish all Africans can do away with colonial religions of Islam and Christianity and just revert back to our own African spirituality.
The pain we suffer as a nation is an unheard pain and I thank you for your thoughts. I sit here feeling guilt for not keeping more in touch with it but sometimes it is too hard to bare the memories of such a violent conflict
Yeah its funny how we all focused on Gaza when we’ve had ppl struggling in the African countries and other places for decades. Where was this energy for them? They covered the events for a short time and then just seemingly forgot about it.
Thank you WSJ for attempting to explain. I think you did a good job showing people suffering, but you were insufficiently clear on who is fighting who and why? what interest is each side fighting for? are they fighting for democracy? what happned to the Sudanese government? where are the government's troops? is this conflict oly in the capital (Khartoum)? where is UN? where is the Pope? Moslem Leaders (if this is only a fight among moslems only), what is the role of EU? US? Russia? Ukraine? Iran? are there external countries who are supporting each side? are there only two sides fighting? or are there many militias? Basically, Who, What, Why? Thank you, I realize it is challenging to report. Which Humaniterian organizations workings these areas?
The war began in 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led respectively by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Hemediti. The war began as a revolt of several reasons however the main factor was a disagreement over democratic reforms in the country following the overthrow of Sudans Head of State Omar al-Bashir in 2019, a transitional council was formed to oversee the creation of a democratic state in Sudan with an interim government led by Abdalla Hamdok however n October 2021 the SAF alongside the RSF undertook a coup leading Abdel Fattah and Hemedti to be leaders and stopping any transition to democracy. There was tensions between the two leaders as Fattah continued to appoint more government officials. Than in April 2023, the RSF began attacking SAF bases across the country starting the war. They are not fighting for democracy at this point but rather power. The conflict has spread across the entirety of Sudan including in Darfur. The UNHRC has condemned the increase in violence and worked with leaders to negotiate a temporary ceasefire which largely failed. The Pope and Vatican has called an end to the war. Muslim leaders are split Egypt has backed the SAF sending fighter aircraft and Special Forces, the UAE has supplied weapons and money to the RSF. The Russian backed Wagner group has supplied RSF forces with SAMs and fought alongside the RSF however in 2024, the Russian government officially restarted diplomatic ties with the SAF. Chad and Libya has been accused of supporting the RSF. Ukraine has sent special forces targeting Wagner forces in the country and instructing SAF on the use of FPV drones. Iran has sent weapons to the RSF including mortars and drones. The EU, US and UK have called for negotiations and an end to the war, sanctioned the RSF for war crimes as well as give over $1.9 billion in aid to humanitarian organisations working in the region including UNICEF, Red Cross & Red Crescent. Currently over 15,000 civilians are estimated to have died, as well as mass cases of sexual violence committed by the RSF in the Darfur region and 27 million civilians are on the verge of famine.
The war erupted once the RSF started encircling the capital and almost every single military fort and proceeded to take over the Meroe airport and focus control on almost every single resource mining deposit. A country without a army is a country without protectors, it is imperative that the national armed forces (SAF) must prevail and restore stability thwarting the advances of these insurgent forces.
As a Sudanese SAF alone can’t do much UAE and many countries support rsf the good thing is people are starting to fight back, Sudan army alone are only 250000 soldiers while the RSF are almost a million
gaza is not the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. suffering is suffering,i am not comparing. Regardless of politics,being person of interest just with statistics wise gaza is not the worst humanitarian crisis right now
@@Mayastravel Palestine receives billions in aid from the US and European nations. Of course, it goes to the Hamas billionaires in Qatar. But they receive billions.
Iam Canadian, i always go with my Family on Vocations, I went to Egypt Uganda and Sudan The Most Place that Interested me i Enjoyed Sudan more than Egypt, such an Amazing Country, i was there 2019, i don't know why this is Happening, thus war needs to Stop no need for Killing inecents I hope it Ends soon, may God Help Sudan
The world doesn’t care it’s clear from the pathetic amount of views, I’m from Sudan and I’m supporting my extended family there but I’m only one person.
It really doesn’t matter how many people see it or don’t see it. It’s up to the two parties at war to decide to stop the violence and come to some type of compromise or agreement. Having a billion views on a RU-vid video isn’t going to do anything to fix the situation.
Most people get their news from social media and have an attention span of 7 seconds so they only care about gaza because it's being spammed to them and they're producing endless propaganda
Why would we care? Your country and your people are the only ones responsible for this. Your country and your people are the only ones who can resolve it as well. Quit looking outward for help and make the change happen yourself.
I'm from Sudan too and I fled the war, Don't think like this, no one will help you, don't expect any help, Allah doesn't seem to care either, Think for yourself only and your family, and never forget, if the same happens in EU or America, I wouldn't care either, don't take anything personally it will just drain you
It’s preposterous that we still stand to all these atrocities defenseless and see the suffering of all these people who just want to live and it’s spreading everywhere like a cancer in our world. It’s an unbearable state of affairs.
Yes it was a horrible morning. I remember I stayed at a friends house for the night. I remember waking up next to 60 street to the sound of heavy shooting and rpgs. I remember it all, how life can be flipped in such little time. U go to sleep watching lord of the rings within 6 hrs you are barricading the doors hiding
Thank you for reporting on this. So sad that Sudan's humanitarian crisis is overlooked in the Western World because we don't have any "strategic interests" there.
Sadly, that is a description of *modern* civil wars. According to "How Civil Wars Start", the transition from autocracy to democracy is the most vulnerable period.
@@aletheiaiYes, I heard something like that. When a nation goes through democratization it's likely to get embroiled into a war. Yes. I heard that thesis. Maybe you know by any chance who introduced it? Could you tell me, if you know, please?
They never show this war on mainstream news, It's all about Ukraine-Russia or Israel-Palestine, why not this war? It's just as awful IF NOT WORSE, it needs some sort of attention because so many people don't even know its happening... My heart goes out to all you Sudanese people in or out of the country, this is sickening.
Ukraine is fighting against the enemy of the West, they are fighting for their survival. While Sudan hates the West, especially hates America, Sudan is far from the West on its own continent which has the African Union, thats their problem, and a cherry on top Sudan is Muslim. The mess in Sudan is just Africa being Africa, a genocidal warlord fighting a genocidal warlord after they overthrew a genocidal dictator president.
they are not fighting, they are sitting in chairs and traveling other countries while their people are trapped and their only hope is to drink clean water
I wish man but it is RSF are hunting down Al masalit tribe ( a big tribe in Sudan) they would do anything to wipe them sure they hurted every body but almasalit tribe got the biggest part of the cake
First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972)=500,000 - 1 million killed Second Sudanese Civil War (1983 -2005 )= 2 million dead (mostly civilans due to starvation War in Darfur (2003-2020)=Total killed: 300,000 Total displaced: 2,850,000-3,000,000 This new Sudan War is the 4th Civil War since 1955. The Sudanese people have not seen peace in 70 years.😢
I feel very bad for the people of Sudan, I spent 8 years in Khartoum when I was young and the people don’t deserve this. All the best wishes I hope peace soon.
Sudan is rich in natural resources and both sides of the conflict are in control of those resources that fund their armies. Plus nations like Egypt and the UAE are giving more direct support.
The result of 1,400 years of Arab Muslim genocidal settler colonialism in Sudan specifically/north Africa in general. The indigenous Sudanese, who are Nubians, example the Masalit and Fur ethnic groups, have been pushed west into Darfur over the last thousand years and are now being wiped out there too or pushed into Chad, South Sudan, etc. The Arab-Muslim militias conducting this genocide against non-Arab indigenous groups should be receiving way more attention.
The RSF needs to be stopped by the militaries of the international community. And their health services and food services need support! This is unacceptable that we are allowing this to happen. Sudan has a government, even if Burhan should go as soon as the war is over. This is not Afghanistan, there is only one side stopping peace in Sudan and committing crimes against humanity and thats Hemedti's RSF. This is not some both sides interminable conflict.
@@slenderman2697 It's not international community responsibility. Africa is a sovereign continent. Free will to protect its people and land how it sees fit.
You hear about Gaza because there are 2billion Muslims and now they are invading the west and fighting the Jews is holy war for them, that's why you hear it on the Jews, while there are concentration camps in china for Muslims or the civil war in Syria or the treatment of women in Afghanistan, or even the Palestinians in Lebanon who have no rights because their founder Arafat told Lebanon to force them live in the slums.
This is a good report because it gives the chance to learn by seeing recent war effects and impact on the area and its citizens by military conflict. On the other hand, there are always reports like this during conflicts and crisis, what makes it different and improving? Example, how can this short report make most use of its time to enable effective humanitarian support where it goes (ex. children's hospital)? Rather than a mere advertiser or co-facilitator of status quo? But allows for value-added reporting service, where the reporter and news brand does not stop at being an observer and co-facilitator of the present news, but seeks to set an example of making their time count wherever they have already has passed, albeit in a small way as a information worker. For example, WSJ can be more effective during these reports of conflicts by reporting more about the 'resource mismatch' (ex. Unicef to children's hospital), to also increase transparency and accountability measures.A central issue during conflicts that is rarely reported enough.
May this get as much attention as the war in Gaza . This is so terrible to see may god be with them all . So much killing and destruction to achieve nothing .
The greed of two men has torn apart this promising nation...it will take decades to unravel the damage they have caused. Foreign nations taking sides in this war are not doing justice either.
