{"id":51674,"date":"2025-07-20T19:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T16:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=51674"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T16:39:04","slug":"president-al-burhan-and-emptying-the-circle-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/president-al-burhan-and-emptying-the-circle-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"President Al-Burhan and \u201cEmptying the Circle\u201d (3\/3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I See<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adil El-Baz<\/strong><\/p>\n

1
\nAt the outset of this final installment, it is necessary to define what the \u201cDignity Alliance\u201d actually is, to avoid any misunderstanding of this broad coalition. The Dignity Alliance is not a traditional political organization or a partisan coalition. Rather, it is a broad national front composed of a diversity of forces united under the banner of the Sudanese Armed Forces, with one common goal: liberating the homeland and protecting it from collapse. This diversity is the source of its strength, but also a constant test of its unity and national commitment.<\/p>\n

2
\nIn the previous article, I stopped at the second circle, which includes the armed movements as well as the Islamist alliance fighting under the army\u2019s banner (the so-called \u201cInnocents\u201d), and others who have rallied to fight alongside the army in defense of their homeland.<\/p>\n

The Islamist component within the Dignity Alliance is under constant attack. Accusations are ever ready\u2014claiming that these warriors, who have descended onto the battlefield with hearts of light and steel and sacrifice their finest youth each day for martyrdom, are not seeking paradise, but rather temporary seats of power! Strangely, opposition trolls endlessly promote this falsehood. God knows, and the people know, that they are lying\u2014yet they still find listeners! And their lies extend beyond the local scene to the regional and international levels, with some of the very countries that declare war on the Islamists also actively promoting and politically exploiting this narrative.<\/p>\n

The aim is to pressure the army\u2019s leadership into pushing the Islamists out of the battlefield, or for the Islamists to become disillusioned and withdraw from the fight under the army\u2019s banner\u2014thus emptying yet another circle of the Dignity Alliance, removing thousands of fighters from the war effort. Certain actors are actively working to see that happen. Some even push the army to take that decision, while others are working from within the Islamist camp, sowing doubt by asking foolish questions like: Why are we fighting when we have no guarantees that we won\u2019t be sold out at the next political bargaining table, with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the \u201cQahd\u201d trolls returning to power while we alone pay the price?<\/p>\n

The truth is: the Islamists are fighting for their homeland\u2014and for their very existence. If the RSF wins this war, and the Emirates impose their agenda, only God knows what will become of them, or of the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

3
\nThen there is the third circle: political forces and mobilized citizens who have stood behind the army from the very first moment of the war, remaining a solid pillar of support. For the first time, the world has seen nearly all segments of the Sudanese people united, chanting: \u201cOne people, one army.\u201d This unity has been forged in the fire of war and has remained unshaken despite all the tragedies the country has endured\u2014killings, displacement, city occupations, even genocide. What an incredible unity, one the country has not witnessed in recent history.<\/p>\n

All the political, social, and religious factions\u2014except a few\u2014stand united behind their armed forces: \u201cIn hardship, we reveal our might.\u201d It\u2019s a story worthy of reflection and celebration.<\/p>\n

And now, this emotionally united circle must be emptied. How? Through internal disputes and greed; through the state\u2019s neglect of these political forces and mobilized groups, making them feel irrelevant, unheard, unvalued\u2014even excluded from decisions that directly concern them. The resulting disillusionment, stoked by internal and external whispers, could lead to fragmentation. Some may begin to salivate over the promise of foreign gold and sell out cheaply\u2014just as many others have in this age.<\/p>\n

4
\nIt is both reassuring and gratifying that President Al-Burhan is fully alert to the conspiracy to empty this circle. He has thwarted\u2014and continues to thwart\u2014attempts by malevolent actors to dismantle it. The most recent example occurred just last week, when he wisely resolved a conflict over ministerial posts allocated to participating armed movements, shutting the door on sedition and sabotage.<\/p>\n

Earlier, he foiled a plot to isolate the Islamists when he declared, \u201cThe entire people are fighting alongside us,\u201d and dismissed the discourse about Islamists as mere scaremongering. Notably, his description of the \u201cIslamist card\u201d as a \u201cbogeyman\u201d was no passing remark\u2014it was a precise expression of his understanding of how certain regional and international actors attempt to portray the Islamists as a threat. This is not merely to marginalize them, but to provoke the army and mislead the international community about the true nature of the conflict. The bogeyman, in this case, is not a real threat, but a tool of political and media pressure designed to fracture national unity and sow division within the Dignity Alliance.<\/p>\n

In another statement, on February 13, 2025, during a visit to the Omdurman Military Zone, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, declared: \u201cThe Armed Forces will not abandon anyone who took up arms and fought alongside us in the Dignity War. They will be partners in any political project. We will exclude no one.\u201d He added: \u201cWe will remain committed to those who fought with us, regardless of their affiliations, until the country is fully cleansed.\u201d<\/p>\n

5
\nAs for the political forces, President Al-Burhan has met with them at several conferences. Despite their internal disputes and shortcomings, he listened to them with patience. Ultimately, they reached consensus and presented a unified proposal\u2014one that is now bearing fruit in the form of preparations for a civilian government. The President has shown genuine respect for their voices. As the state institutions are now being rebuilt, their voice must be institutionalized, especially through a parliament in which they play a substantial role in the governance of the country.<\/p>\n

As for the mobilized civilian volunteers, President Al-Burhan has consistently praised their efforts in his speeches. He provided them with abundant arms and regularly visits their camps, as he did recently in Dongola.<\/p>\n

6
\nIf President Al-Burhan is alert to the trap of \u201cemptying the circle\u201d and committed to preserving the cohesion of the Dignity Alliance, then others within his orbit must rise to the same level of responsibility. The President must not be made to feel that those closest to him are nothing more than sources of noise and friction\u2014full of petty complaints and boundless ambitions. Instead of aiding him, they risk becoming a burden on the state\u2014seemingly oblivious to the magnitude of the responsibilities he bears and the daunting tasks awaiting him in a country on the edge of disintegration, besieged by regional and international malevolence\u2014not aimed at toppling Al-Burhan or his government, but at toppling the state itself.<\/p>\n

The resilience of Sudan\u2019s state amid this storm depends not only on the President\u2019s awareness, but on the vigilance of those around him\u2014their ability to rise above trivial disputes and personal agendas, to prioritize national interests over narrow factional ones, and to cultivate patience and unity in the face of peril.<\/p>\n

7
\nPresident Al-Burhan remains the one steering the country\u2019s course, and thus his responsibilities are greater than ever. In these critical times, he must summon deep reserves of patience, commensurate with the magnitude of this historical moment. He must endure the petty and the profound, contain crises, and guard against the \u201cemptying of the circle.\u201d No doubt, many whisperers and rumor-mongers\u2014serving either their own interests or those of foreign patrons\u2014will continue their relentless efforts, using the media, whispers in the President\u2019s ear, open incitement, and manufactured chaos to push him toward decisions that would unravel the Dignity Alliance, empty the circle, and ultimately bring down the nation\u2014not just Al-Burhan or his government.<\/p>\n

The President must hold fast to the strategic patience for which he is known.<\/p>\n

8
\nAny slide toward emptying these circles of their national essence\u2014belittling their sacrifices and downplaying their stances\u2014would only reproduce the fragility of the state and rewind the clock to the moment of collapse.
\nThe post-war phase is no less dangerous than the war itself. In fact, it is the greater test: do we have the will to remain united after our victory?
\nWhat Sudan needs today is a new national covenant\u2014one that transcends alliances and spoils, and reestablishes Sudanese unity on the foundation of genuine partnership and mutual sacrifice.
\nCan we do that before the nation empties itself of everything?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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