Taqadum and the Use of Civilian Protection to Serve the War Agenda of the Rapid Support Forces and the UAE
Taqadum and the Use of Civilian Protection to Serve the War Agenda of the Rapid Support Forces and the UAE Amgad Fareid El-Tayeb One might commend the "Taqadum" alliance for finally addressing the issue of civilian protection, after 18 months of denial, justification, and stalling regarding the violations. Finally, they have begun to recognize this vital issue and call for the necessary frameworks to achieve it. But rather than adopting this as a neutral, humanitarian stance that they could use to rebuild bridges with the people whose suffering they have contributed to—through justifying and whitewashing killing, displacement, torture, looting, and the rape of women—Taqadum insists on using this humanitarian banner to serve the military faction they are allied with. Just as they previously attempted to utilise the revolutionary slogans and the rhetoric of democratic transition to support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the early days of the war, they are now instrumentalizi