US Magazine Accuses UAE of Backing Imminent Genocide in Darfur, Says Trump Could Stop It

Washington – Sudanhorizon
In a strongly worded article for the US magazine Real Clear Politics, writer Liam Carr argued that President Donald Trump has the power to halt what he described as an imminent genocide being carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, Darfur—after similar atrocities elsewhere.
Carr cited mounting accusations—reflecting what appears to be a growing awakening among US activists and commentators—that the United Arab Emirates is the primary enabler of continuing mass killings in Sudan, and warned that Darfur risks becoming “the next site of genocide” unless the Trump administration intervenes.
The article, published on Tuesday, opened with a stark warning that a genocide may now be unfolding quietly in Sudan, but stressed that “it is not too late to stop it.”
Carr urged that “President Trump and US officials must increase pressure on the RSF and the United Arab Emirates, which wields considerable influence over the RSF, to prevent catastrophe and save nearly one million Sudanese civilians at risk.”
According to the piece, the RSF has created a humanitarian disaster in El Fasher: some 780,000 people have fled, while at least 900,000 civilians remain trapped in the city and surrounding camps. The group has blocked humanitarian aid, leaving those besieged—mostly women and children—surviving on animal fodder and scraps, facing famine and starvation.
Carr wrote that the RSF’s starvation siege amounts to a war crime, alongside other atrocities, including crimes against humanity. He cited the April assault on Zamzam IDP camp, in which locals reported more than 1,500 people killed—making it the second-largest massacre of the war. A recent Guardian investigation detailed how the RSF carried out a 72-hour bloodbath in the camp, executing civilians, including women and children, committing mass rapes, forced expulsions, and summary killings.
The writer noted that the RSF’s brutality has extended to ethnic cleansing, and possibly genocide, targeting non-Arab civilians during the Zamzam attack. He recalled that the worst atrocities came when the RSF seized Geneina, capital of West Darfur, killing up to 15,000 Massalit civilians in a months-long campaign of systematic ethnic cleansing—an atrocity the US has already formally recognised as genocide.
“Geneina and Zamzam are a preview of the horror likely to unfold in El Fasher,” Carr warned, “but on a far larger scale: nearly 900,000 civilians are trapped there, compared with Geneina’s 540,000 pre-war population and Zamzam’s 400,000 displaced residents.” The UN and other international monitors have repeatedly cautioned that the RSF could commit genocide if it takes El Fasher.
Carr stressed that Washington must push the UAE to use its leverage on the RSF to avert catastrophe. He cited UN and other evidence that Abu Dhabi is supporting the RSF, including its current offensive, likely by facilitating reinforcements through a support hub in southeast Libya and, according to the Sudanese army, even helping recruit Colombian mercenaries into Darfur.
Alongside engaging the UAE directly, Carr urged Washington to mobilise multilateral institutions—including the African Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the UN—to form a united front. He said US officials must “translate words into actions, by backing potential multilateral sanctions against the RSF, the UAE, and their supporters before and during the UN General Assembly.”
Even if disaster is temporarily averted, he argued, civilians in El Fasher will remain in danger so long as the RSF controls the area. Options include an AU/UN civilian protection force—like that deployed during Darfur’s previous genocide—or, lacking international will for such a mission, a last-resort humanitarian evacuation of civilians from RSF-held zones.
Such measures, Carr insisted, require sustained diplomatic engagement—something Trump could secure by appointing a dedicated US envoy for Sudan. He praised Trump’s Africa adviser, Massad Boulos, for his efforts to engage all sides in the war, but said “one man covering an entire continent is not enough” and Sudan requires sharper focus. Congress has already shown bipartisan support for such an appointment.
“Time is of the essence,” Carr concluded, “and a special envoy would be vital to address the current crisis, future emergencies, and long-term peace efforts.”

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