From the Platform<\/p>\n
Yasser Al-Fadni<\/p>\n
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London Discusses the Funeral Without Knowing Who Died!<\/p>\n
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On the anniversary of hell breaking loose upon Sudanese soil, the world gathered in London\u2014not to stop the war, but to legalize the tragedy and distribute aid over the corpses of victims. A conference without the warring parties, and without an official Sudanese voice, where delegates from countries claiming neutrality\u2014while secretly fueling the flames\u2014spoke of a \u201csafe Sudan\u201d and \u201cpatient diplomacy\u201d while Darfur burns, women are raped, and children are buried beneath rubble.<\/p>\n
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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy described the war as \u201cbrutal,\u201d yet failed to invite Sudanese parties\u2014perhaps because brutality, when turned into a polished political show, requires no witnesses. Calls to halt foreign support coincided with the presence of countries openly supporting militias\u2014a contradiction that openly insulted the intelligence of anyone listening. As for the financial pledges, they\u2019re mere painkillers for a catastrophe birthed by international apathy\u2014money that will neither feed the hungry nor return the displaced, as long as the guns continue speaking.<\/p>\n
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The Sudanese government, excluded from the scene, sharply criticized the conference, refusing a ceasefire unless militias withdraw and disarm\u2014a realistic stance lost amid corridors echoing with power games instead of the cries of victims. The United Nations, as usual, settled for calling it a \u201chumanitarian tragedy,\u201d the same euphemism often used to avoid naming crimes for what they truly are: genocide, rape, and ethnic cleansing.<\/p>\n
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And yet, nothing new. London\u2019s conference, like all its predecessors, was just another cold diplomatic performance in the face of a raging catastrophe. No binding decisions, no decisive action, no real move to stop the bloodshed. A failure of a conference par excellence\u2014one that moves nothing and offers only words at a time when Sudan needs deeds.<\/p>\n
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From where I stand, I see some of the world\u2019s mourners gathering in London to discuss Sudan\u2019s funeral\u2014without even asking: who died? Who killed? And who among the bereaved even showed up? Everything was present except the truth. Everyone spoke\u2014except Sudan. It was as if a funeral was held for an unknown corpse, with refreshments served before the burial. This is the diplomacy of paralysis, dressed in luxury, a tragedy managed with pleasantries\u2014where the fate of a nation is discussed like a weather report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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