Author: Yaslam Altayeb
A Sudanese survivor’s analysis of Wilton Park, foreign intervention, failed international policy and the struggle for national sovereignty By Yaslam Altayeb I write about Sudan not as a distant commentator looking at the country through diplomatic statements, policy papers or television reports. I write as a Sudanese citizen, as a survivor of captivity and torture, and as a witness to aspects of the United Arab Emirates’ involvement in Sudan. My position is therefore not abstract. It comes from experience, from what I have seen, from what I have endured and from watching my country and its people suffer while much…
A closer look at the numbers behind Patriot missile production suggests a very different reality from the political rhetoric. In times of war and geopolitical tension, political leaders often project confidence—sometimes absolute confidence—in their country’s military strength. But confidence and reality are not always the same thing. Recently, Donald Trump made a striking claim regarding the United States’ air-defense capabilities. According to Trump, the United States possesses a “virtually unlimited supply” of medium-grade air-defense missiles and could theoretically sustain wars indefinitely using these stockpiles. It is a bold statement. But when we look closely at the numbers behind one of…
In a deeply troubling move, the United States recently convened a high-level meeting in Geneva to discuss the catastrophic war in Sudan—without Sudan. The meeting, organized under the so-called Aligned for Advancing Lifesaving and Peace in Sudan (ALPS) initiative, brought together representatives from the U.S., Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Switzerland, the African Union, and the United Nations. Ostensibly, the goal was to facilitate humanitarian assistance and mediate peace between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group currently engaged in one of Africa’s deadliest wars. But this carefully choreographed “peace…
Introduction The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been repeatedly accused of playing a destructive role in Sudan’s ongoing war by providing military, financial, and logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group responsible for widespread atrocities, including ethnic cleansing, mass killings, and sexual violence. Multiple reports from the United Nations, human rights organizations, and investigative journalists have documented the UAE’s violations of international law, including breaches of UN arms embargoes, covert military operations disguised as humanitarian aid, and complicity in war crimes. This article examines the UAE’s role in Sudan’s conflict, analyzing documented evidence of its violations…
Introduction In the modern geopolitical landscape, warfare is no longer confined to tanks, bullets, and bombs. Instead, it increasingly revolves around narratives, influence, and the systematic dismantling of a nation’s cohesion through non-military tools. This is the essence of Fifth-Generation Warfare (5GW) — a sophisticated form of conflict waged through economic strangulation, information manipulation, psychological disruption, and proxy exploitation. Nowhere is this form of war more evident than in Sudan, a country that has, for over four decades, been subjected to international sanctions, narrative isolation, economic siege, and internal fragmentation. What may seem on the surface like the result of…
Two Years Since a Proxy War Was Unleashed on a Sovereign Nation April 15th is no longer just a date on the calendar for the Sudanese people. It is a wound. A scar. A haunting reminder of how quickly everything can be taken—and how deliberately it was. On this day in 2023, Sudan was not pulled into a random civil war. It was dragged into a foreign-orchestrated conflict, a proxy war designed to rip apart the state from within. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), armed, funded, and politically backed by foreign actors—chiefly the United Arab Emirates—launched a coordinated and…
In a dramatic turn of global economic events, the United States and China—two economic superpowers—have reignited their bitter trade conflict, plunging the global economy into turbulence. The trade war that began in 2018 under President Donald Trump had simmered during the Biden administration but has returned with full force in 2025, this time even more aggressive, unpredictable, and globally disruptive. On April 9, 2025, China announced an 84% blanket tariff on all U.S. imports, a retaliatory move following President Trump’s sweeping tariff regime that includes tariffs exceeding 100% on Chinese goods. These moves are not mere policy measures—they are economic…