Victory Is Ours, Not the Tyrants’

By: Mahjoub Fadl Badri

For two full weeks since my arrival at Port Sudan Airport, I stopped writing—except for one lone article titled “Then a Bullet Tore Through the Silence of the Night”. I spent the time reading, listening, and enjoying the company of family, loved ones, and friends. I traveled across my homeland—from the east to the north to the center—and saw with my own eyes life proceeding as usual, with people filled with a spirit of defiance and determination to defeat the terrorist militia of the Dagalo family—a crushing, absolute defeat that would leave nothing of them or their allies: collaborators, and the harlots of that wicked, aggressive micro-state.

Notably, the language of strength and defiance has spread across all segments of society. You find phrases boldly written on vehicles like:
“One Army, One People,”
“Security, Ya Jin,”
“Bravo, O Messenger of God,”
“High Morale,”
“Random Scribbles,”
“Faces for You,”
“Fatek, Matek, and Jagim,”
“Shirk Um Zareedo,”
“Crush and Sweep,”
“Bring Them Alive,”
“Say Baa’,”
“How Was the Treatment?”

You see this over and over as you travel the national roads, now teeming with vehicles of all kinds and lined with checkpoints at calculated intervals and dominant zones that no vehicle can bypass. The Sudanese flag, in all sizes, flies high over buildings and vehicles, and adorns the chests of uniformed soldiers, volunteers, and joint forces. That’s how I came to understand how our people are rising from under the rubble and ash, and how they are washing away the night of sorrow with the dawn light now shining from every direction.

All the talk about the dire state of the country post-war is nothing more than the pessimism of the pessimists, or the worry of the concerned, or the fearmongering of the alarmists, or the propaganda of the malicious. In contrast, there is the optimism of the hopeful and the certainty of the believers that God does not let the reward of the patient be lost—for “the patient shall be rewarded without measure.” You also see the deep conviction of patriots in Sudan, the one united homeland—past, present, and future.

The appointment of Dr. Kamal Idris as Prime Minister, and the decision to revoke the Sovereign Council members’ supervision over ministries, are both signs of the country’s recovery from the burdens of war. Similarly, the appointment of Lt. Gen. Adam Haroun Idris as Commissioner-General of the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission is another such sign. He is one of the most prominent figures in command and control, having fought valiantly in the War of Dignity and having sacrificed his own son as a martyr on the battlefield. His appointment to this post strongly indicates the collapse of the Dagalo militia’s power and the setting sun of its influence. Otherwise, leadership would not have assigned him duties outside the war rooms of command and control.

Now we see militia leaders falling like flies in milk, after they had thought the army was nothing more than a uniform and some decorations, and that war was just some kind of “jagat” (chaotic fun), that the metal of the pickups was the target, and that American weapons would decide the outcome. They have become a walking punchline—like the old woman who was looking for a relative’s grave and asked a young man with a red cap to read a headstone for her. When he replied, “I can’t read,” she said, “With such a nice cap and you can’t read?” So the young man took off his cap, placed it on her head, and said, “Here, you read then!”

Victory to our valiant army.

Glory and strength to our fighting people.

Shame and disgrace to our enemies and their collaborators.

Source: Al-Muhaqqiq website