Condemnation Doesn’t Stop Massacres… And Striking the Shadow Won’t Kill the Elephan

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the UN Security Council’s condemnation of the brutal attacks on the city of El Fasher and the surrounding IDP camps. The militia was named explicitly, and demands were made to lift the siege and stop targeting civilians. But have the facts changed? Have the knives stopped tearing through children’s flesh? Has the weaponry—funded by Abu Dhabi—ceased its deadly dance through the streets of death? No.

As always, the Security Council condemns and condemns, but it does not act. It strikes the shadow of the elephant, never its body. It names the militia, but not the state that feeds it, arms it, and oversees a systematic genocide under clear regional sponsorship—as clear as the blood on the streets. How many statements have ink more valuable than their impact? How many condemnations have failed to stop a killer or corner a criminal? Condemnation without action is a scream into the void.

The world knows—but hides behind masks of cold diplomacy. The United Nations, once seen as a shield, is now a tattered curtain—too thin to cover the shame of complicity, too weak to stop a knife from slicing through an innocent’s throat. El Fasher bleeds, the displaced are slaughtered, the UAE continues its crimes with impunity, and the international community drafts its condemnations in the ink of silence.

From this podium, I see clearly: those who want justice to be seen must not merely write it—they must forge it. The United Nations has become a shy mirror reflecting the world’s failure. And those who think leaning on it will protect them… must know that anyone covered by it… stands exposed.