{"id":54121,"date":"2025-09-11T01:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=54121"},"modified":"2025-09-11T01:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:59:55","slug":"omdurman-attacks-the-death-throes-of-a-slaughtered-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/omdurman-attacks-the-death-throes-of-a-slaughtered-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Omdurman Attacks: \u201cThe Death Throes of a Slaughtered Beast\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Osama Mohammed Abdulrahim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the outbreak of the war ignited by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in April 2023, and after more than two years of conflict, the full contours of the militia\u2019s collapse have become clear. The group has lost the initiative, exposing itself day after day as nothing more than a destructive tool in the hands of foreign actors, executing their agendas at the expense of Sudanese blood, security, and stability. Mass killings, systematic violations, rape, forced displacement, and the destruction of cities and villages have all marked its bloody record. Today, it resurfaces through the so-called \u201cFoundation Government,\u201d announced from Nyala with direct support from corrupt political actors who provide it with a political cover\u2014making them complicit in every atrocity committed.<\/p>\n

At dawn today, the city of Omdurman, along with several areas in Khartoum and Bahri, came under a series of drone attacks. More than ten drones were spotted in the skies over the capital, targeting the city\u2019s power stations. This criminal act constitutes a direct assault on civilians and cannot be classified under the concept of \u201cmilitary objectives.\u201d It is, instead, a deliberate attack on civilian infrastructure and public services\u2014a clear violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions\u2014amounting to yet another war crime to be added to the RSF\u2019s record, along with those who support it.<\/p>\n

The militia appears to have had multiple objectives behind these attacks, which carry several implications:<\/p>\n

Negotiation leverage. The RSF is seeking to inflate its field presence for political gain. Though strategically ineffective, such operations are used as bargaining chips in ongoing or expected negotiations. Having lost territory and morale, the RSF seeks to create illusions of strength through media-driven strikes, portraying them as \u201cvictories\u201d to regional and international mediators. These attacks on civilian infrastructure, while militarily meaningless, serve as propaganda to project an image of relevance at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

Preventing the return of displaced residents. In recent weeks, many citizens have begun to return to their homes in parts of Khartoum and Omdurman, challenging the RSF\u2019s failed policy of forced displacement. By targeting power stations in a major city, the militia is attempting to render life unbearable, pushing residents away once more. This is part of a calculated effort to enforce demographic change that serves its long-term political and social objectives.<\/p>\n

Obstructing reconstruction. National, regional, and international discourse has increasingly shifted toward rebuilding Sudanese cities as a pathway out of war. The reconstruction of Khartoum directly undermines the RSF\u2019s project of destruction. By striking Omdurman, the militia is sending a message: ruin will continue, and any attempt to rebuild will be met with sabotage. It is, in essence, an attack on hope as much as it is on electricity infrastructure.<\/p>\n

A bloody debut for the \u201cFoundation Government.\u201d The timing of the assault coincided with the announcement of this so-called government in Nyala. By tying the birth of this hollow entity to violent strikes, the RSF aimed to present it with a \u201cbloody signature\u201d at its inception\u2014a declaration that it exists only through violence and destruction. This was not merely a military act, but also a political inauguration, revealing the true nature of these entities and those backing them.<\/p>\n

Having become synonymous with crimes against humanity, mass rape, looting, and forced displacement, the RSF now seeks through its \u201cFoundation Government\u201d to rebrand itself. Yet this attempt at image rehabilitation merely transfers the militia\u2019s moral corruption onto its political front. This \u201crebranding\u201d is nothing more than a dirty laundering of crimes that no slogan, chant, or press release can cleanse of blood.<\/p>\n

Internally, the militia is plagued by fragmentation\u2014splits, desertions, dwindling resources, and collapsing supply lines. In such conditions, its leaders stage \u201cspectacle operations\u201d to deliver psychological jolts to their fighters. The aim is not military success but psychological reassurance: to convince demoralized troops they can still inflict harm. History shows such desperate tactics are common among defeated armies and militias\u2014acts meant to stave off psychological collapse rather than achieve genuine victory.<\/p>\n

This so-called \u201cFoundation Government\u201d is thus nothing more than a direct accomplice to war crimes, offering political cover to the RSF\u2019s actions on the ground. By pairing its political announcement with destructive operations, it bears full responsibility for crimes against humanity and war crimes\u2014standing before history and law as a partner in the systematic dismantling of the Sudanese state.<\/p>\n

What the RSF did today amounts to nothing more than the \u201cdeath throes of a slaughtered beast\u201d\u2014desperate spasms from a militia gasping under battlefield defeats, overwhelming popular rejection, and internal fragmentation. Every show of force is but a futile attempt to remain visible on the political and media stage.<\/p>\n

History will record these attacks as evidence of the RSF\u2019s unraveling. Despite its brutality, the militia has been reduced to confusion and chaos, while Sudan\u2014its army and people\u2014moves steadily toward resolving the conflict and rebuilding the nation on new foundations of freedom, peace, and justice. As for the \u201cFoundation Government,\u201d it is nothing but a flimsy mask for a militia that has lost all legitimacy. Its fate is tied to the militia\u2019s collapse, for no future awaits betrayal and bloodshed, no matter how they are repackaged. The blood of innocents cannot be erased, and justice will remain relentless until the last mask falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Osama Mohammed Abdulrahim Since the outbreak of the war ignited by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in April 2023, and after more than two years of conflict, the full contours of the militia\u2019s collapse have become clear. The group has lost the initiative, exposing itself day after day as nothing more than …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54122,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54121\/revisions\/54122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}