{"id":61441,"date":"2026-04-19T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61441"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:48:28","slug":"berlin-recycling-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/berlin-recycling-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin\u2026 Recycling Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

1<\/strong>
\nThe Berlin conference was nothing more than another link in a chain of conferences that reproduce the Sudanese crisis rather than resolve it; the location changes, but the script remains the same.<\/strong>
\nAmid heavy noise and prolonged debate, the Berlin conference convened and ended with the same outcomes as the conferences in London, Paris, Geneva, and others\u2014as if we are watching a repeated scene with the same script and roles.<\/strong>
\nThe final statement included three issues that I believe are worth pausing over\u2014not because they are new, but to examine the mechanisms for implementing them on the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2<\/strong>
\nIn paragraph eight, the statement reads:<\/strong>
\n\u201cInternational donors today announced approximately \u20ac1.5 billion, including more than \u20ac811 million from the European Union and its member states, to respond to humanitarian needs in Sudan and neighboring countries that continue to host large numbers of refugees fleeing the conflict.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What guarantees and mechanisms will the European Union and its member states use to ensure these funds reach those entitled to them? The reason for this question is that the three previous conferences (London, Paris, and Geneva) pledged a total of $4.1 billion on paper, of which only 22% was actually delivered. This percentage alone is enough to undermine any new talk of commitments.<\/strong>
\nIf these countries have failed over three years to meet their pledges toward the worst humanitarian crisis, what makes us believe they will honor their commitments this time?!<\/strong><\/p>\n

3<\/strong>
\nThe second issue concerns the political track, as stated in paragraph four:<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt provided a dedicated platform to amplify their collective call for de-escalation and progress toward a political resolution of the conflict.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A collective call by whom? By the groups of Sumoud, Ardol, and Al-Jakoumi?! The most prominent participants in this farce.<\/strong>
\nDo these individuals\u2014with all due respect to Al-Jakoumi and Ardol\u2014represent the collective voice of Sudanese people?! Who elected them? On what basis did they come to speak on behalf of Sudan and represent it in international conferences, while the government\u2014recognized by the entire world as legitimate\u2014is being sidelined?!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a striking paradox that people speak in the name of Sudanese citizens while ignoring the authority recognized globally as the existing government. What puzzles me is that, according to the statement, they were invited \u201cto discuss launching a Sudanese\u2013Sudanese political dialogue that could pave the way for a civilian transition in Sudan once a permanent ceasefire is reached.\u201d<\/strong>
\nWho is launching this dialogue? Is it the Quintet? If so, why claim that the dialogue is purely Sudanese if the Quintet sets the agenda, selects participants, and funds it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is happening here appears less like political representation and more like a redistribution of Sudanese voices according to external preferences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Al-Shafi\u2018 Khidr wrote in his article \u201cOn the Eve of the Berlin Conference on Sudan\u201d<\/em> in Al-Quds Al-Arabi:<\/strong>
\n\u201cPersonally, I expect nothing from this seminar, nor do I believe the organizers expect anything. It is as if they insisted on having civil forces on the sidelines of the conference merely as decorative presence or \u2018passengers along for the ride.\u2019 Nevertheless, I hope attendees will use the opportunity of being together in one hall to calmly explore ways to de-escalate\u2014not on the battlefield, but in the political arena among civil and political forces.\u201d<\/strong>
\nHe is right in this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The appropriation of Sudanese voices and the attempt to select a group favored by the West to represent them is a form of international political deception that will not pass. The Quintet will discover\u2014perhaps it already has\u2014that those it invited as representatives of the Sudanese people, at best, represent only themselves.<\/strong>
\nThis happens while the government recognized worldwide as legitimate is being excluded. Therefore, the outcomes of this conference will neither bind the Sudanese people nor their government, and nothing will come of it. It will dissipate like previous conferences\u2014or at best, remain noise without impact.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4<\/strong>
\nThe third issue worth examining is what the statement says:<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis process is essential to ensuring an inclusive, civilian, and democratic future for Sudan. This civil engagement aims to complement ongoing international mediation efforts, including the Quartet\u2019s work on a ceasefire and the Quintet\u2019s consultations in support of a future Sudanese\u2013Sudanese political dialogue.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This implies that the Quartet\u2019s proposals\u2014rejected by the Sudanese government\u2014were inserted into the final statement in a roundabout way. The government has its own plan and agenda for a ceasefire, so why does the conference accept the Quartet\u2019s plan and reject the government\u2019s, yet still claim the process is purely Sudanese?<\/strong>
\nIn other words, decisions are being cooked up abroad and then presented domestically as if they were the will of the Sudanese people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5<\/strong>
\nI am pleased to conclude this article with a passage from my friend Dr. Al-Wathiq Kameir\u2019s article (\u201cThe Berlin Conference: A Storm in a Teacup or Much Ado About Nothing?\u201d<\/em>):<\/strong>
\n\u201cReservations about the conference are not limited to narrow alignment but also relate to the nature of the conference itself, its methodology, and the question of representation within it. One of the most complex points of contention concerns not only attendance or boycott, but who participates, in what capacity, with what level of representation, who is excluded, and who has the legitimacy to claim representation of this or that sector.<\/strong>
\nMoreover, forces opposed to the Rapid Support Forces often refuse to sit with those they consider close to the government or Islamists, while those parties in turn refuse to sit with those they see as part of the opposing camp or its political cover. In light of this sharp division, merely bringing these parties together in one place becomes a limited achievement, not a natural prelude to political consensus.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

If only the Quintet had invited five wise Sudanese figures to guide it onto a sound path\u2014saving it from this ongoing failure, confusion, and blind bias toward its prot\u00e9g\u00e9s.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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