Sudan isn’t collapsing on its own — it’s being taken apart.
And behind every headline about “civil war” is a story of US empire, greed, and betrayal.
While headlines point to the UAE as the culprit behind Sudan’s humanitarian disaster, the truth runs far deeper and more sinister.
For over two decades, it’s been Washington’s official policy to turn Sudan into the failed state we see today — part of a new Cold War against China, Russia, and Iran, and a campaign to destroy any nation that dares to stand with Palestinian liberation.
What’s happening in Sudan isn’t another African tragedy — it’s an architectural design of US imperialism where starvation, displacement, and genocide are the tools of Washington’s policy.
In Sudan, Entire cities have been leveled.
Hospitals bombed. Women raped and executed on camera.
Families starve while Sudan’s gold is stripped and flown to Dubai.
Sudan once stood at the heart of the Axis of Resistance — a bridge between Iran, Palestine, and Lebanon; a logistical lifeline for weapons to Gaza and South Lebanon; and a strategic ally on the Red Sea
That defiance sealed its fate.
Like Libya and Iraq before it, Sudan has been targeted for destruction — punished for its independence and its solidarity with Palestine.
And at the center of this assault are two of Washington’s most reliable proxies: Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
They’ve been deployed by Washington to do what the empire can no longer do openly — to wage wars by proxy, seize resources, and crush the Resistance from within.
Israel provides intelligence and strategy.
The UAE provides money, weapons, and cover.
Together, they carry out the dirty work of empire.
Sudan sits on a fault line connecting the Red Sea, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa — regions central to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s trade networks.
Its ports could link Africa’s mineral wealth to a new, multipolar economy no longer dependent on the U.S. dollar.
For Washington, this is an existential threat.
China’s Belt and Road offers nations like Sudan an escape from the IMF, the World Bank, and the petrodollar system that have trapped the Global South in debt for decades.
If Sudan joined that network, it could connect Africa’s gold, oil, and mineral wealth directly to Beijing — bypassing Western control entirely.
That’s what Washington fears most.
By collapsing Sudan, it weakens both the Axis of Resistance and the Belt and Road Initiative, blocking Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran from gaining a foothold in Africa.
It’s the same Cold-War logic that destroyed Libya, Syria, and Yemen — the same imperial blueprint:
If a nation rejects Western capital and seeks independence, it must be destabilized, divided, and starved into submission.
And Israel and the UAE, deployed by Washington, have become the empire’s regional enforcers — controlling the Red Sea, isolating Iran, and looting Sudan’s gold and oil under the banner of “stability.”
The destruction of Sudan didn’t begin yesterday.
It began decades ago — with a long campaign to make Sudan ungovernable.
In 2019, after years of sanctions, isolation, and CIA interference, Washington and its Gulf allies orchestrated the fall of Omar al-Bashir under the illusion of “democratic reform.”
In his final years, Bashir tried to win the West’s approval — the same fatal mistake Muammar Gaddafi made.
Ghaddafi famously shook the hands with Tony Blair and agreed to Disarm for an an exchange for political survival – but the Empire couldn’t allow for Libya to become an independent state where Gaddafi wanted to create an African gold currency to unite the continent and ditch the US dollar.
NATO invaded and Gaddafi was disposed of within a blink of an eye. Dragged through the streets of Tripoli after being sodomized with a machete.
And Omar AL-Bashir tried to negotiate with the US and turned to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, agreeing to cut ties with Iran in exchange for political survival.
He did everything they asked — and they toppled him anyway.
Because the empire doesn’t forgive and it does not forget.
They wanted a compliant Sudan, not a sovereign one.
And they wanted to ensure it would never again stand with Iran, Palestine, Yemen, or Lebanon.
To justify that outcome, the empire had to make Sudan look like a monster.
In the 2000s, Washington labeled it a “state sponsor of terrorism” — not for violence, but for its alliances.
Then came Darfur — the perfect emotional weapon.
The humanitarian theater that paved the way for NATO’s destruction of Libya was first rehearsed in Sudan.
Western think tanks, NGOs, and intelligence agencies turned a regional conflict into a global spectacle.
Celebrities like George Clooney and Angelina Jolie became the moral front of an imperial campaign — speaking of “genocide” and “saving Sudan,” while U.S. and Israeli intelligence quietly mapped oil fields and gold reserves.
As Clooney called for intervention, the CIA armed the proxies.
As Jolie pleaded for “human rights,” Western and Israeli-linked allies backed warlords.
Even Jolie has since hinted that celebrity activism can be manipulated to serve Western agendas — turning compassion into consent for war.
By the time Bashir fell, the world had accepted the lie that Sudan was a failed state — its people primed for foreign “salvation,” its resources already marked for extraction.
With Bashir gone, the UAE rose as Washington and Tel Aviv’s new enforcer.
Once known for skyscrapers and malls, Abu Dhabi became a hub for proxy wars — financing coups, arming militias, and laundering blood gold under the banner of “counter-terrorism.”
Through the Abraham Accords, Israel and the UAE fused Emirati money, Israeli intelligence, and Western arms into one war machine.
And Sudan became their next laboratory.
As Sudan’s people starve, its resources are stripped bare.
The vultures are feeding.
Al Junaid Multi Activities, owned by RSF commander Hemedti’s family, seized Sudan’s gold mines — turning blood-soaked earth into its private fortune.
Emiral and Alliance for Mining, backed by the UAE, took over the Kush Mine and funneled gold through Dubai, erasing its origins before it hit global markets.
Western oil giant Schlumberger returned under the guise of “reconstruction,” even as famine spread and cities turned to ash.
Sudan’s economy was carved up between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces, who profited off war and smuggling while civilians starved.
The famine isn’t a by-product — it’s a weapon.
The Rapid Support Forces didn’t just appear — they were created.
In 2015, during the U.S.-backed war on Yemen, the UAE recruited thousands of Sudanese fighters — many ex-Janjaweed — as mercenaries against Yemen’s Ansarallah movement.
They fought with Emirati funding and Western weapons, under Washington’s quiet approval.
That war gave the RSF training, funding, and global connections — turning them into a regional army for hire.
They fought Yemen’s resistance yesterday.
Today, they’re massacring civilians in Khartoum, Darfur, and beyond.
Villages erased. Women raped. Hospitals burned.
Millions displaced. Entire generations lost.
These are not “tribal clashes.”
This is genocide — engineered and financed by the same powers that once claimed to bring “democracy.”
Since 2023, Israel and the UAE have armed and financed the RSF — ensuring their grip on Sudan’s gold and ports.
Gold flows from Darfur to Dubai, refined and sold worldwide.
Once melted, its origins vanish — but not its blood.
That wealth cycles through banks, defense contractors, and tech supply chains in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.
For Israel, Sudan’s collapse is strategic: It weakens Iran’s allies, opens African markets, and secures Red Sea routes around Yemen’s blockade.
While Yemen sacrifices to blockade Israeli ships for Gaza, the UAE and its allies quietly keep Israel’s trade alive.
It’s the same imperial pattern: Destabilize. Demonize. Then divide.
Every time, the target is a nation that stands with Palestine, aligns with China or Iran, and refuses to bow.
But make no mistake — this isn’t just a war on the Resistance. It’s a war on the future itself.
Sudan’s collapse sends a message to every African and Asian nation daring to work with Beijing or Moscow: break from the dollar, and we’ll break your country.
Sudan’s suffering isn’t collateral damage — it’s the cost of resistance.
As famine spreads and children die, gold still moves, oil still flows, and the empire still profits.
They call it “stability.”
But what they’ve built is slavery — wrapped in the language of democracy.
Every nation that resists — Palestine, Yemen, Iran, Lebanon, and now Sudan — faces the same fate: sanctions, proxy wars, starvation, and propaganda.
This is the architecture of US imperialism.
The export of so-called Western Democracy against the Global South.
Sudan is not “another African tragedy.”
It’s a frontline in humanity’s struggle for freedom — between the Axis of Assistance and the Axis of Resistance, between a dying Western order and a world fighting to break free.
And that’s why Sudan matters: it’s where the war for a free Palestine, the war on Africa, and the war against China’s multipolar ambitions all converge.
This is the face of modern day colonialism.
Mnar Adley is an award-winning journalist and editor and is the founder and director of MintPress News. She is also president and director of the non-profit media organization Behind the Headlines. Adley also co-hosts the MintCast podcast and is a producer and host of the video series Behind The Headlines. Contact Mnar at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @mnarmuh.
