The Starvation Siege of El-Fasher Orchestrated by the UAE
Sudan Events – Agencies
Introduction
El-Fasher is starving. The siege imposed by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reinforced by foreign mercenaries, is now entering its third year. The humanitarian situation has passed the point of crisis; it is outright collapse. Food has all but disappeared, medicine is scarce, and children are dying quietly of malnutrition while the world looks on.
This statement continues our documentation of the ongoing genocide in Darfur, following repeated appeals for urgent action. Conditions are deteriorating, and unless decisive measures are taken immediately, the siege will achieve its intended goal: the extermination of El-Fasher’s civilian population.
Collapse of Food Supplies
Markets have been destroyed or completely emptied.
Volunteer kitchens operate at a fraction of capacity, leaving thousands without meals.
Malnutrition rates, especially among children, are soaring.
The Medical Crisis
Hospitals operate without basic medicines, surgical supplies, or electricity.
Civilians wounded in shelling and drone strikes are left untreated.
Preventable diseases spread unchecked due to lack of vaccines and clean water.
Relentless Attacks
Daily shelling targets residential areas.
Remaining infrastructure, including water points, is deliberately struck.
Drones are deployed to deliver precision strikes on civilian targets.
The UAE and Foreign Mercenaries
The United Arab Emirates is not merely enabling the siege of El-Fasher; it is the architect, financier, and logistical mastermind behind it. Every element of this genocidal campaign bears Abu Dhabi’s fingerprints.
For more than two years, the UAE has poured weapons, ammunition, money, and intelligence support into the RSF, transforming it from a militia into a war machine capable of executing one of the longest sieges of the modern era. This support has been anything but passive:
Financing: The RSF’s ability to sustain the siege rests on Emirati funding, funneled through direct transfers or covert procurement networks.
Arms Supply: UN and independent reports have documented the steady flow of heavy weaponry, drones, and military vehicles from the UAE to RSF-controlled territories.
Mercenary Recruitment: The UAE has actively recruited, transported, and deployed foreign fighters—from Colombia, Somalia, Libya, and Chad—into Sudan, routing them through Kenya, Puntland (Somalia), and other transit points before channeling them into RSF-held corridors.
Strategic Direction: This is not random violence; it is carefully planned, militarily coordinated, and executed with precision—including the use of drones to guide artillery fire onto civilian neighborhoods, markets, and vital infrastructure.
The presence of Colombian mercenaries in central El-Fasher—recently filmed and independently verified—provides the latest irrefutable evidence of the UAE’s direct role in genocide. These fighters are not freelancers; they are integral to a foreign military project designed to starve, displace, and annihilate the civilian population.
Without the UAE’s financial, logistical, and military lifeline, the RSF could not have sustained the siege, much less launched 229 failed assaults on the city. The starvation of El-Fasher is not collateral damage; it is a deliberate strategy conceived in Abu Dhabi, executed by the RSF, and enforced by foreign mercenaries.
Sudanese Government Failures
Absence of bold measures such as airdropping relief despite repeated pleas.
Failure to capitalize on mounting international condemnation of the siege.
An Urgent Call to Action
We demand:
Immediate humanitarian airdrops over El-Fasher, Kadugli, and Dilling.
Stronger international measures to hold the UAE, the RSF, and all collaborators accountable.
Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2736 (2024).
Global solidarity campaigns to keep the El-Fasher crisis at the forefront of public attention.
Final Statement
The siege of El-Fasher is one of the longest and most brutal blockades in modern history. Its people have endured 229 failed RSF offensives. But endurance does not feed the starving, nor heal the wounded.
The choice before the world is stark: either act now to break the siege—or stand complicit in the annihilation of an entire city.
