Kadamul of Deception: When Treason Tries to Wear the Cloak of Revolution
By Amjad Farid Al-Tayeb
The campaigns promoting a false reality intended to replace the clear truth about the war in Sudan expose the disgraceful moral and political biases of those behind them. The narratives adopted by some factions within the Forces of Freedom and Change—later manifested through platforms like Taqaddum and Sumood, and among them comrades who openly chose to don the kadamul (scarf) of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—are nothing more than attempts to provide cover for the RSF’s crimes and divert attention from the horrors this militia is committing against the people of Sudan.
Their fierce defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—a direct party to the killing and displacement of the Sudanese people—can only be understood as full complicity. The UAE doesn’t merely supply the RSF with weapons and equipment, but is also directly involved on the ground through its soldiers and officers, eight of whom were killed in an airstrike by the Sudanese army on Nyala airport, which had become a logistical hub for weapons and lethal drone launches.
Those who claim that this war is being fought against terrorism, or in the name of democracy, civilian rule, or to protect the Sudanese people or certain segments of it—and who attempt to link their war and discourse to the glorious December revolution—are no different, in any meaningful way, from those who raise weapons to kill, break into homes to loot and rape, or launch treacherous drones. Those promoting these narratives on behalf of the UAE—profiting from them while their country is being slaughtered—are complicit in the very same crime. In truth, they provide the political and material cover that allows these atrocities to continue and repeat. They are not innocent, as long as this is the discourse they espouse.
This is a war waged by the RSF militia against Sudan and its people. It is the same militia created by Omar al-Bashir to protect his regime, beginning its path by spilling the blood of the martyrs of September 2013, then continuing through genocide, systematic killing, rape, and forced displacement in Darfur, Kordofan, and across the rest of Sudan. Not stopping there, it looted gold, swallowed up agricultural land, sabotaged Sudan’s foreign relations, and exploited the country’s resources to serve the interests of Hemedti and his family.
These are not unknown facts to the Sudanese—they have lived them, felt their bitterness and bloodshed, both before and after the war. And if the RSF and its backers have managed to deceive Western diplomats—or buy off some of them with Mohamed bin Zayed’s lavish bribes—they will not force the Sudanese people to see with eyes blinded to their lived reality. So we say this to them plainly: Wake up. Stop trying to settle your political scores—right or wrong—through the RSF’s gun. You will not deceive this people forever.
Falsifying public consciousness is itself a crime. And silence in the face of injustice is betrayal.
