For more than two years, Sudan has been trapped in a catastrophic descent marked by mass killings, forced displacement, and ethnic cleansing. What began in 2023 as a power struggle between two rival security forces-the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)-has now evolved into one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. As international organizations raise the alarm about genocide-like atrocities, the world is once again confronted with the haunting possibility of another Rwanda or another Darfur. Yet despite these warnings, global engagement remains disturbingly muted.

The conflict reached a terrifying new phase with the RSF’s recent capture of El Fasher, the last major SAF stronghold in Darfur. Soon after, reports emerged of massacres targeting specific ethnic communities. The World Health Organization confirmed that at least 460 civilians were slaughtered at a hospital in the city. Survivors spoke of mass executions, systematic sexual violence, and widespread looting-crimes eerily reminiscent of the genocidal campaigns that ravaged Darfur 20 years ago.

The United Nations has already documented war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both the SAF and the RSF. Rights groups warn that what is unfolding today is a genocidal pattern similar to the early days of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, which killed 800,000 people in just 100 days. The parallels are painful, and the lessons from past inaction are clear. Yet instead of decisive movement, the world offers silence, statements, and symbolic condemnations.

Humanitarian agencies describe Sudan as the worst crisis on the planet-a title previously held by Yemen or Syria. The numbers are staggering: hundreds of thousands killed since 2023, 12 million displaced internally or across borders, and 21 million suffering from acute food insecurity. Entire cities have been emptied. Famine looms in multiple regions. Aid workers struggle to reach besieged populations, in part because active fighting and ethnic targeting make access dangerously unpredictable.

In the early 2000s, widespread activist mobilization-much of........

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