{"id":52848,"date":"2025-08-14T22:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=52848"},"modified":"2025-08-14T22:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:05:51","slug":"from-confusion-and-clamor-to-political-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/from-confusion-and-clamor-to-political-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"From Confusion and Clamor to Political Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Adel Al-Baz<\/strong><\/p>\n

1
\nI viewed President Al-Burhan\u2019s trip to Zurich from three angles: confusion, clamor, and triumph.
\nThe confusion came from the uncertainty and turmoil surrounding the matter.
\nEver since journalist Mohamed Othman Ibrahim reported that President Al-Burhan had departed for Geneva, social media erupted, as usual, with journalists and activists racing to confirm or deny the news. People were left guessing about the nature of this trip and the meeting to be held there\u2014its participants, its agenda. Was it a meeting with Trump\u2019s adviser, Paul, to clarify positions? Or with other figures yet to emerge on the scene? Or perhaps negotiations with the sponsor of the Janjaweed? Then, a Qatari aircraft appeared on the radar! What role, then, was Qatar playing? Was it coordinating the trip, mediating, merely facilitating the logistics, or had Doha engineered the meeting from A to Z?<\/p>\n

2
\nThe clamor arose because the state refused to honor the people with a few lines stating, for example:
\n\u201cAt the request of the U.S. president, President Al-Burhan will travel to Zurich to meet with U.S. presidential adviser Paul to present the state\u2019s view on the war waged by the rebel militias and the means to end it.\u201d
\nThe public would have simply said, \u201cGo with God\u2019s blessing,\u201d and the president could have departed in broad daylight and returned the same way. Upon his return, the Sovereignty Council could have issued a statement:
\n\u201cThe president has returned safely after a brief visit during which he met with the U.S. envoy and reaffirmed Sudan\u2019s unwavering position in seeking peace that preserves the country\u2019s unity.\u201d
\nHad that been done, the people would have said: \u201cThank you, Mr. President. You have expressed our stance exactly. We stand behind you\u2026 towards victory and a near breakthrough.\u201d<\/p>\n

3
\nThe triumph brought about by the visit is worth noting: the timing of the political earthquake is no longer in others\u2019 hands, but in ours. The dominant question across the media was: \u201cWhat is Al-Burhan\u2019s position? What did he say?\u201d
\nIn the past, the question was reversed: \u201cWhat did the Americans say to Al-Burhan? And what will Al-Burhan do?\u201d
\nThey now know the president\u2019s positions from his speeches, such as last week\u2019s declaration: \u201cWe will fight until we defeat the militia.\u201d They saw his stance when he sent the Abu Nemo delegation to Jeddah, rejected the Americans\u2019 proposal, and dismissed their ambitions. They waited for him in Geneva, expecting him to rush over\u2014he did not. They waited ten days in vain. Again, in London, he ignored their threats, which dissolved into nothing.<\/p>\n

4
\nWhat is also gratifying is that Sudan\u2019s steadfast stance has shaken and weakened the so-called Quad alliance, prompting it to seek the involvement of Egypt and Qatar. It has simultaneously strengthened the African Union\u2019s position, which recently declared its rejection of any parallel government, recognizing only one legitimate government headed by Kamal Idris\u2014something it reaffirmed in its latest statement.
\nYesterday, the UN Security Council issued a similar stance, rejecting any parallel authority and calling for the lifting of the siege on cities, foremost among them El-Fasher. Meanwhile, international condemnations of militia crimes in the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps have multiplied, the latest coming from U.S. presidential adviser Paul yesterday.
\nAll of this was achieved through the resilience and sacrifices of the Sudanese people\u2014not as a favor or gift from the international community.<\/p>\n

5
\nBut the greatest triumph came when all accounts agreed on one statement President Al-Burhan made to the U.S. adviser: \u201cThere is no future for the Janjaweed in Sudan.\u201d This is the people\u2019s core demand\u2014nothing more, nothing less.
\nA president attuned to his people\u2019s pulse expressed the will of an entire nation in decisive words and firm positions from which he cannot deviate. Those deluding themselves into thinking he will one day succumb to U.S. pressure and reintegrate the Janjaweed and their allies into the political scene are mistaken.
\nHulagu\u2026 the times have changed. In the heart of hunger and death, the women of El-Fasher carried Kalashnikovs; Hanadi fought with a knife until her last breath. The women of El-Fasher, confronting starvation and death with blades, proved stronger than armies of paid mercenaries. How, then, could Al-Burhan and the army\u2014backed by the people and supported by joint forces\u2014yield to the blackmail of any foreign power? Never.<\/p>\n

6
\nToday, as Sudan celebrates the centennial of its army, the pledge to continue defending the homeland and preserving its sovereignty is renewed. It is now clear that the decision to reject the militia\u2019s return is a strategic, immutable position rooted in the will of a people who have made great sacrifices and refused to see their state hijacked.
\nWith growing regional and international support for Sudan\u2019s stance and the collapse of its opponents\u2019 wagers, the battle for dignity advances confidently toward its conclusion.
\nThe army, forged by the blood of the forefathers, and the people who rally around it today will not permit a reversal that brings killers back into the body of power. The message President Al-Burhan sent from the heart of the army\u2019s celebration was unequivocal: We will not betray the blood of the martyrs. We will not compromise Sudan\u2019s unity. We will not bargain over its dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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