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2023-12-04 Africa Horn

SLM-Abdel Wahid forces seize RSF camp in South Darfur

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Posted by Fred 2023-12-04 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [28 views ] Top
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#1 This reporting is very questionable. Abdel Wahid Nur is an ethnic Fur who for years has led the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) in its fight against the terrible repression carried out in Darfur by Khartoum's Arab-led military. As most Fur support the RSF, one wonders if the RFS did not turn over willingly the area of South Darfur to the SLM. In fact, the SLM's apparent retreat to Nyala (and the Sudan Tribune is not to be trusteed) may be prologue to the final battle for that city.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-04 09:27|| 2023-12-04 09:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Should read the RSF return to Nyala.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-04 09:28|| 2023-12-04 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I shall await events with more interest than before your explanation, Jerens Black9355. You’ve complained about the Sudan Tribune’s trustworthiness as a source before, if I recall correctly. Are you aware of a better primary source for the area in English that we could use?

Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-04 12:27|| 2023-12-04 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I am sorry, I cannot. Reporting, from the moment the Islamists seized power in 1989 to the present time reporting on the Sudan has been execrable. The problem exists that reporters who visit the Sudan, or Sudanese reporters, always seem to interview someone with a bone to pick. If you can find reporting by Alex de Waal, you will generally find good, honest stuff.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-04 17:05|| 2023-12-04 17:05|| Front Page Top

#5 To make my point, days after the Islamist military seized power in June 1989 US Ambassador Anderson reported to Washington that the Junta was "people we can live with." The fact that the Sudanese strong-man's retinue was composed of nasty Islamist SOBs, and the internal reporting that such was the case, was held back and not delivered to the State Department for seven months. And so it goes with reporting -- regardless of source -- on events in the Sudan.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-04 17:09|| 2023-12-04 17:09|| Front Page Top

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