True. But most African debt was written off in 2000. Just 24 years later African presidents have run up these debts with little to show for the spending. No way forward

El Fasher Stalingrad of Sudan. Siege and unparalleled legendary steadfastness.

At least three people were killed and dozens wounded on Friday in escalating artillery shelling by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on populated areas in the city of El Fasher. sudantribune.com/article291140/

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of committing a new wave of atrocities in villages in Sudan's central Al Jazirah state, including killings and looting, according to witnesses and local groups. sudantribune.com/article291147/

هلاك المليشي عبدالله يعقوب قائد الكتبية 101 الفاشر #السودان

The record breaker and conqueror of RSF militia. My cousin, Major General Ibrahim Bahloul, the field commander who crushed the RSF militia in El-Fasher.

Clear and authoritative reporting by New York Times on the role of the #UAE in supporting #RSF in #Sudan. And yet the #US, #UK, and #France (still critical in #Chad’s politics) refuse to call out this complicity in crimes against humanity. Appalling cynicism

Members of the US Congress send a letter to President Biden before his meeting with the President of #UAE, expressing their concern about the UAE's support for the #RSF Militia, which contradicts efforts to stop the fighting in #Sudan

"My olives, my olives" Israelis uprooting olive trees with chainsaws and bulldozers. Only a colonizer with no attachment to the land could be so cruel.

Biden, meeting UAE leader today, faces pressure to push for a halt in the widely reported UAE arms shipments to Sudan’s RSF. theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

🔴 As the siege continues and El Fasher battles intensify, we spoke with Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director at Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH, to delve into the escalating humanitarian crisis and its impact on civilians. Full interview: youtu.be/vmPYcuEP6Tg?si… #Sudan #News

Important advocacy from distinguished INGO Refugees International. Many more such voices are needed, especially in light of $Biden admin's invitation to #UAE leader Mohamed bin #Zayed to visit White House. Grotesquely inappropriate and catastrophic for any US role in #Sudan peace

Vice President Kamala Harris confronted the Emirati leader, Mohammed bin Zayed, over his country's support to ruthless Sudanese fighters last year. “They can’t lie to us anymore, because they know that we know,” one official said. But that was in private.

At the same time, advocates want an investigation into the U.A.E.'s use of the Red Crescent logo as cover for its arms smuggling. refugeesinternational.org/statements-and…

Others are turning to entertainment. The rapper Macklemore canceled a concert in Dubai over its role in Sudan. Now activists are calling on the NBA to cancel pre-season games between Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets in Abu Dhabi. speakoutonsudan.org

New York Times reports that the UAE via its Red Crescent has armed the RSF in the horrific Sudanese civil war. None of the war lords in this bloodbath lack funds nor guns, whereas we as aid groups are unable to meet needs. The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement must clean house.

Omdurman, Sudan — At least 15 civilians were killed and 61 others wounded on Monday when shells fired by the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group, struck a crowded market in this city across the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum, according to health officials.

From ICRC : Perfidy, which is a war crime, is the “simulation of protected status by using the red cross or red crescent emblem because medical and religious personnel, units and transports displaying the distinctive emblems must be respected and protected.”

The world’s greatest humanitarian crisis continues to grow in intensity & scale. Here an important, detailed report from South #Darfur by Doctors Without Borders/#MSF, reflecting the horrific violence the world refuses to halt or even addresss: msfintl-my.sharepoint.com/personal/tim_s…