{"id":5192,"date":"2025-10-31T07:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/?p=5192"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:09:22","slug":"sudan-the-war-of-profit-proxy-and-the-betrayal-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/sudan-the-war-of-profit-proxy-and-the-betrayal-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: The War of Profit, Proxy, and the Betrayal of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">There is a war happening right now, and while the world&#8217;s eyes are understandably fixed on Gaza or Ukraine, we must talk about what is happening right here in Africa\u2014specifically in Sudan. It is a war so brutal that millions have fled their homes, yet it has become so &#8220;forgotten&#8221; that even some African newsrooms barely mention it.<\/p><div class=\"03bb5c02e2f58c6bb7f372bc13011e34\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ZXZ -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3054782407\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Behind the smoke and the silence lies a story of power, greed, and betrayal. Sudan\u2019s war is not just about two generals fighting for control; it is a battle over who gets to own Africa\u2019s resources and rewrite a nation\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"5\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"5\">The Myth of &#8220;Tribal Chaos&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">When people hear &#8220;Sudan,&#8221; they often think of farming, chaos, or refugees. This is the tired picture the world has always painted of African wars. But Sudan did not fall apart overnight. It was broken piece by piece by men who learned that in Africa, power is taken with a gun and sold with a handshake.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"7\"><\/h3>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"7\">The Key Players: A Deadly Alliance Broken<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">The two main figures behind this destruction are:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan:<\/b> Head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti):<\/b> Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">Once allies, these two worked together to remove Omar al-Bashir, Sudan\u2019s long-time dictator. But as history shows, when you remove a strongman without fixing the system that created him, another takes his place. Now, they fight for <b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"232\">power, money, land, and gold.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"11\" \/>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"12\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"12\">The Gold and the Proxy War<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Sudan holds one of the largest gold reserves in Africa. This gold is smuggled daily through secret airstrips and across deserts.<\/p>\n<p>Where does it end up?<\/p>\n<p>Evidence points toward the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While the UAE denies involvement, international watchdogs have traced Chinese-made weapons supplied by the UAE to RSF fighters on the ground.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,0\">&#8220;While the world calls it a civil war, what is really happening is a business transaction. This is a proxy war disguised as internal chaos, where African blood is spilled to protect foreign interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"16\">The UAE\u2019s Strategic Grip<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17\">The UAE isn&#8217;t interested in Sudan for its people; it&#8217;s interested in what Sudan has that the Gulf lacks: <b data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"105\">agricultural land, minerals, and water.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"18\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Agricultural Control:<\/b> Sudan could feed half of Africa. Emirati companies have quietly bought tens of thousands of hectares. The food grown there doesn&#8217;t stay in Sudan; it\u2019s exported to feed Gulf markets while Sudanese children starve.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The Maritime Empire:<\/b> By backing the RSF, the UAE secures shipping routes and ports along the Red Sea\u2014stretching through Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan. It is a &#8220;maritime empire&#8221; built one militia at a time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"19\" \/>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"20\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"20\">The Complicity of African Neighbors: The Case of Kenya<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21\">The reality of African politics is often messy. Kenya, for instance, claims to be a neutral peacemaker under the African Union. Yet, Nairobi has hosted RSF leaders, even as they signed documents for a &#8220;transitional government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"22\">This move angered the official government in Khartoum and led to accusations that Kenya is taking sides. We see our leaders shaking hands with warlords by night while preaching Pan-Africanism by day. This &#8220;business as usual&#8221; approach with criminals is exactly why these conflicts persist.<\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"23\" \/>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"24\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"24\">Humanizing the Tragedy<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"25\">We must look past the politics and see the people.<\/p><div class=\"03bb5c02e2f58c6bb7f372bc13011e34\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ZXZ -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3054782407\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"26\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"26,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"26,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">12 million people<\/b> are currently displaced.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"26,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"26,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">14 million people<\/b> are facing acute hunger.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"27\">Imagine being a mother walking for days, leaving everything behind, not knowing if your husband is alive or if your home still stands. We have seen the videos of young men being beaten and women being targeted. These are our brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"27\">\n<table data-path-to-node=\"28\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sudan Crisis &#8211; December 2025 Statistics<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Impact<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"28,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Total Displaced<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,1,1,0\">12 Million+<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"28,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">People in Need of Assistance<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,2,1,0\">30 Million+<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"28,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Death Toll Estimates<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,3,1,0\">150,000+<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"28,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Primary Resource at Stake<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"28,4,1,0\">Gold &amp; Fertile Land<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"29\" \/>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"30\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"30\">The Pattern of Extraction: From Sudan to Congo<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"31\">There is a recurring pattern in African wars. It\u2019s the same logic applied to the <b data-path-to-node=\"31\" data-index-in-node=\"81\">Congo<\/b> (Cobalt), <b data-path-to-node=\"31\" data-index-in-node=\"97\">South Sudan<\/b> (Oil), and <b data-path-to-node=\"31\" data-index-in-node=\"120\">Niger<\/b> (Uranium).<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"32\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"32,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"32,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Destabilize:<\/b> Create chaos.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"32,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"32,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Divide:<\/b> Use ethnicity to keep people fighting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"32,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"32,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Extract:<\/b> Milk the land dry while the people are distracted.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"33\">Peace is viewed as a threat by those who profit from the chaos. A stable Sudan would be an independent Sudan\u2014one that sets its own gold prices and feeds its own people. That is &#8220;dangerous&#8221; to the global system.<\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"34\" \/>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"35\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"35\">A Call to the Continent: Stand with Sudan<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"36\">If Sudan collapses completely, all of Africa will feel it. We are already seeing refugees move into Chad, Egypt, and South Sudan. Weapons are being smuggled through the same routes once used for the slave trade. History is repeating itself because we allow outsiders to dictate our destiny.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"37\">\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"37\"><b data-path-to-node=\"37\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">What can you do?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"38\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"38,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"38,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Raise Your Voice:<\/b> If the world can light up monuments for Gaza and Ukraine, we can raise our voices for Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"38,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"38,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Call Out the Funders:<\/b> Use your social media handles to call out the entities funding this violence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"38,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"38,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Reject the Narrative:<\/b> Stop calling it just a &#8220;civil war.&#8221; Call it what it is: <b data-path-to-node=\"38,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"78\">Economic control through conflict.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"39\">We cannot wait for strangers to save us. Africa has 54 countries, yet we often act as if we are powerless. Today it is Sudan; tomorrow it could be your home. It\u2019s time to stop being &#8220;home guards&#8221; for foreign interests and start defending our own.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"40\"><b data-path-to-node=\"40\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Stand for Sudan. Because Africa\u2019s peace depends on it.<\/b><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a war happening right now, and while the world&#8217;s eyes are understandably fixed on Gaza or Ukraine, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-dives","category-sudan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5193,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions\/5193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}