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Preface

These are my full written remarks — the complete version of the speech I prepared.
Only two minutes were permitted for delivery, but the scale, complexity, and urgency of what is happening in Sudan cannot fit into two minutes.

For transparency, accountability, and public record, I am publishing my full text below.

*Full Speech *

People of conscience – Sudanese, African, Arab, the Global South – and every human being who refuses to look away.

Sudan today is the largest mass atrocity in the world – but the world is pretending not to see.

This is not a natural famine.
This is not a tragic accident.
This is not an unfortunate civil war.

This catastrophe has been engineered.
Engineered by the RSF.
Engineered through systematic looting, rape, execution, starvation, and the liquidation of civilian life for profit.

Entire families have been uprooted.
Entire cities have been erased.
Entire food systems have been deliberately destroyed.

This is what is happening to Sudan — in real time.

The RSF is not a political movement.
The RSF is not a legitimate force.
The RSF is a criminal enterprise operating as a militia, whose business model is crimes against humanity.

And let me say this clearly, loudly, and directly to the world:

No one can claim to oppose genocide and still remain silent in front of what the RSF is doing.

And we must also name the enabling system.

The RSF is being financially oxygenated and empowered through the gold laundering economy that flows through the UAE.

Gold stolen from Sudanese soil is turned into clean money inside Dubai.

So, if the world is serious about “never again,”
and if the world is serious about protecting human life,
and if the world is serious about ending atrocity-financed war —

then the world must boycott UAE gold.

The world must sanction and blacklist every refinery, every trader, and every logistics channel that launders Sudanese gold into clean revenue in Dubai — gold stolen through Sudanese suffering.

This is not hostility towards Emirati people.
This is not hate.
This is accountability.

If you stop the gold wash — RSF capacity collapses.

To Sudanese everywhere:

Inside Sudan.
In the region.
In the diaspora.

We do not have the privilege of internal fragmentation anymore.

Political disagreement is normal.
Political diversity is necessary.
Democratic argument is healthy.

But right now, Sudan is not in a normal political moment.

Sudan is in a national survival moment.

And in a national survival moment — unity is not optional.

The SAF is the internationally recognised sovereign national military institution of Sudan.

Supporting SAF in this moment is not a vote for dictatorship.
Supporting SAF in this moment is not a vote against democracy.
Supporting SAF in this moment is a vote for Sudan’s right to continue to exist as a country at all.

After we stop annihilation…
After we stop the RSF threat…
After we secure Sudanese territory and protect Sudanese civilians…

then we return to rebuilding a civilian democratic order — grounded in Sudanese consent, Sudanese participation, and Sudanese legitimacy.

But first — survival.
Sudan cannot democratise when Sudan is being erased.

Final Call

I call on every Sudanese:

to stand together,
to speak with one voice,
to unify our diplomatic lobbying,
and to focus our energy on three strategic objectives: 1. Total international isolation of the RSF 2. Total commercial boycott of UAE gold 3. Consolidation of support behind SAF in this war of national self-defense

We are not begging the world for charity.
We are demanding enforcement of the same laws the world claims to believe in.

If we do this with unity, precision, and discipline —
Sudan survives this chapter.

And when Sudan survives this chapter…
Sudan will write the next one.

A democratic one.
A sovereign one.
A civilian one.
A Sudanese one.

Thank you.

Today marks the creation of South Sudan the newest country in Africa and the 196th sovereign nation. After years of wrangling, fighting and talking the once one million square miles strong and largest country in Africa is today officially split into two independent countries. A million congratulations to all Sudanese on both sides of the border.

Despite what some in the West might want us to believe, this agreement was arrived into amicably and somewhat peacefully – somewhat because the history of the two people is full of conflicts and violent bloodshed. However this particular declaration was achieved peacefully and with mutual agreement.

What about Abyei I hear you ask!?

Like the majority of Africa, Sudan is a tribal nation, even today when a person is introduced the first thing they are asked is where they come from – which tribe and what’s their kin. Sudanese, even the better educated identify and pride themselves by where they came from – it is also extremely important in matters of business, marriage and many social, economic and political issues.

At first glance it might sound alien but if we look closely it’s not all that dissimilar to how the West operates – maybe less sophisticated and more in your face nevertheless not too different. Take politics and the political class for instance – who and where a person is from can equally open and close doors – a Kennedy, a Bush or even a Clinton is not the same as a Palin, an Obama or even a Reagan in the US. An Oxbridge educated upper class with the appropriate contacts and breeding will top any political party list and every opportunity will come their way without the need for any special measures here in the UK!

Abyei is a small region in the heart of Sudan inhabited by two different tribes Dinka who are pure African in origin and culture and the Messeria who are of Arab decent and lead a nomadic life. The two make their living from cattle; both tribes graze their animals around the river basin but also freely travel around the region in dryer seasons for fodder. For years the two lived side by side and existed in a harmonious understanding.

When the Sudan split, the borders cut in the middle of that region separating it into the two countries therefore restricting their movement and their way of life. That’s what the dispute is really and truly about – the inhabitance who for years lived, married shared cultures and yes sometimes fought, don’t want to become separated – but the two governments can’t agree on an amicable resolution. Logic says pronounce Abyei a neutral zone – but I’m sure it’s not that simple – however it can be!

The right and just thing to do will be to allow the two nations – Sudan and South Sudan – resolve this situation and arrive to a peaceful resolution with as little interference as possible from the Church, Muslim Schoolers and of course the oil thirsty states.

Happy Independence Day South Sudan