Sudan’s Conflict and Resulting Starvation - Global Research
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Sudan: New Details of Alleged Ethnic Cleansing Emerge in West Darfur
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The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
This is a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions, with reports that more massacres could be coming. UN officials and diplomats from a number of countries are doing all they can to deescalate the situation, urging all parties to respect the sanctity of human life and international humanitarian law.
Establishment-critical narrative
It's undisputed that the situation in Sudan is calamitous and needs urgent attention. However, rather than getting better, the situation appears to be getting worse, and appears to be exacerbated by the fact that diplomats haven't come up with a cogent strategy and are fighting among themselves about how to go about solving the problem.