A genocide in silence: the cry of a Sudanese child ignored by the world

ByMuhammad

“My father was killed… We have nothing left to eat, nothing to cover us… We live in pain. Help us, we don’t know where to go anymore. » See video below. The heartbreaking words of a little Sudanese girl resonate like an ignored cry for help. In Sudan, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias, militarily supported by the United Arab Emirates, continue to massacre and displace entire populations. A genocide is underway, to the almost total indifference of the rest of the world.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been plunged into a devastating war pitting the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti”. This conflict has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of displaced people. In the Darfur region, already scarred by the violence of the 2000s, the RSF are increasing targeted attacks against civilians, reviving the worst memories of past ethnic cleansing campaigns.

According to Amnesty International, the current tragedy is a continuation of an old tragedy. In 2003, the conflict in Darfur broke out, leaving 300,000 dead and nearly 2 million displaced. Twenty years later, the country has experienced a new outbreak of violence since April 15, 2023, pitting Abdel Fattah Al-Bourhane, head of the regular army, against his former ally, General “Hemedti”, head of the Rapid Support Forces. Since the conflict erupted, thousands of people have been killed and more than 12 million have been forcibly displaced. Aid workers are being prevented from delivering life-saving aid, while there are reports of indiscriminate attacks, sexual violence and targeted executions along ethnic lines.

Amnesty also warns of the use of heavy weapons – tanks, artillery, aerial bombardments – some of which come from China, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Yemen and even France. In the west of the country, the RSF and its allied militias carried out attacks against non-Arab communities, notably the Masalits, in a climate of absolute terror. The city of El Fasher, after 18 months of siege, fell to the RSF on October 26, 2025, leaving 260,000 civilians trapped, victims of atrocities and deprived of humanitarian aid.

The observation is overwhelming: twenty years after the first genocide in Darfur, history is repeating itself before the eyes of a world that looks away

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Muhammad

Muhammad is a visionary thinker and passionate writer who has been contributing to Understanding Islam for several years.