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RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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Re: RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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does UN can do anything about this????

The UN has been in the region for a long time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Suda...

And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Sout...

But the scale of the conflict is beyond all comprehension. And capacity to make a difference outside of proxy funding by state actors is minimal.

Re: RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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post #6

UAE backed mercenary army , when you have Colombian ex military , Ukranian(?) , Libyan forces with the active collabaration of neigbouring countries like Kenya,Somalia and Chad - in the movt of weapons/fighters and looting of mineral resources. Calling it a 'civil' war is a misstatement. All conducted under the perview of the UAE which has been heavily lobbying the EU and US to turn a blind eye to its activities as l…

> Ukranian(?)

Basically Ukraine had a lot of small "security" (mercenary) groups post 2014. In the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, those group were basically told "please go oppose Wagner in Africa", and some found themselves in Soudan (and other in Armenia). I'm not sure if now they're paid by local forces. I don't have any information post-war though, my friend left the comapny and came back in France since the war.

Re: RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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Another wave of refugees incoming to Europe. Somehow we are morally and financially responsible of every failed society

Countries housing the most refugees:

Iran 3.5 million

Türkiye 2.9 million

Colombia 2.8 million

Germany 2.7 million

Uganda 1.8 million

Pakistan 1.6 million

Chad 1.3 million

Poland 1 million

Ethiopia 1 million

Bangladesh 1 million

Source: UNCHR, https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics

Re: RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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UAE backed mercenary army , when you have Colombian ex military , Ukranian(?) , Libyan forces with the active collabaration of neigbouring countries like Kenya,Somalia and Chad - in the movt of weapons/fighters and looting of mineral resources. Calling it a 'civil' war is a misstatement. All conducted under the perview of the UAE which has been heavily lobbying the EU and US to turn a blind eye to its activities as l…

No, it's Africans killing Africans themselves. Most Emiratis don't give a crap what's happening around the world either. They have their own. Thousands of companies have their headquarters in Dubai like Halliburton etc. UAE doesn't manufacture weapons or sell them. There are many foreign weapons manufacturers based there. China, USA, Europe, Israel are probably some of the world's largest arms dealers and they distribute to everyone. The US sent almost $25 billion of weapons to Israel in the past 3 years. If stuff is passing through UAE ports, then that's another thing. And no one gives a crap about Sudan's gold either. UAE has had a huge gold market for a long time and some of the largest gold sellers are Indian companies based there.

Re: RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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post #17

Another wave of refugees incoming to Europe. Somehow we are morally and financially responsible of every failed society

Countries housing the most refugees: Iran 3.5 million Türkiye 2.9 million Colombia 2.8 million Germany 2.7 million Uganda 1.8 million Pakistan 1.6 million Chad 1.3 million Poland 1 million Ethiopia 1 million Bangladesh 1 million Source: UNCHR, https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics

The important difference here is that nearly all of those countries both border those where the conflicts are and are ethnically and culturally similar to the conflicted regions. This is not true for western Europe (which is where most of these migrants want to go) which neither borders any of the conflicted regions nor is (or, locally, was) culturally similar to them. The exception to this in the list you quoted is Poland which does have a border with a country at war - Ukraine.

If war breaks out in Finland there will be a swell of Finnish refugees entering Sweden and Norway but I do not foresee them flying halfway across the globe to request asylum in Afghanistan even if that country were to be flourishing then. Why, then, is the opposite seen as normal?

Re: RSF forces in Sudan's civil war are preparing for mass genocide

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Countries housing the most refugees: Iran 3.5 million Türkiye 2.9 million Colombia 2.8 million Germany 2.7 million Uganda 1.8 million Pakistan 1.6 million Chad 1.3 million Poland 1 million Ethiopia 1 million Bangladesh 1 million Source: UNCHR, https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics

The important difference here is that nearly all of those countries both border those where the conflicts are and are ethnically and culturally similar to the conflicted regions. This is not true for western Europe (which is where most of these migrants want to go) which neither borders any of the conflicted regions nor is (or, locally, was) culturally similar to them. The exception to this in the list you quoted is…

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