UAE buys West's silence on its 'race war' in Sudan: Sudanese top general
Iran Press TV
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 7:10 AM
Western leaders have remained silent on the mass killing of civilians in Sudan because the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has purchased their political quiet, a senior Sudanese general says.
Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta, a member of Sudan's governing Sovereignty Council and the second in command of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), told a news conference on Tuesday that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has effectively launched a race war against the Sudanese population, and that the West's silence has enabled it.
He said the Abu Dhabi ruler, shielded by Western inaction, supports the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia responsible for widespread massacres and abuses across Sudan during more than two years of conflict, most recently in the Darfur city of el-Fasher.
Atta stated that the civilian death toll in el-Fasher has risen to 32,000, with more victims killed every day based on their "ethnicity and race."
He said the RSF, backed by Emirati funding, has been fighting the SAF since April 2023 and "launched a big war against the Sudanese people."
"They entered people's houses in Khartoum and other cities. They loot and destroy everything: hospitals, electricity, water supply, everything that keeps people alive," he said.
Atta added that "the world has been silent regarding all the RSF has done in Sudan" despite "social media and technological tools" that clearly expose the group's crimes. "This silence was bought by the power of the UAE's money."
He said the absence of international scrutiny allowed foreign mercenaries to enter the country, a development he attributed to the UAE.
According to Atta, the RSF has brought in fighters from Ukraine and from African countries, including Niger, Mali, Chad, and South Sudan. He added that the group has recently recruited individuals from Somaliland.
In recent weeks, global focus on the RSF and the UAE's support for it has grown after the militia stormed el-Fasher on October 26 and began a killing spree.
Atta stressed that atrocities extend far beyond el-Fasher, highlighting attacks across al-Jazira state, south of Khartoum, saying, "There are many small villages in al-Jazira, and in those villages hundreds were being killed."
A raid on al-Seriha village in October 2024 reportedly left around 100 people dead and hundreds injured.
The RSF originated from Janjaweed militias that the Sudanese military and the government of former president Omar al-Bashir mobilized to crush rebel movements in Darfur two decades ago.
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