Oh, Our Sudan: Whoever assassinates a Nazir, effectively assassinated the nation?

Dr. Al-Waleed Adam Madibou

Whilst the battlefronts continue to undergo a painful transformation, field testimonies and intersecting reports indicate the systematic targeting of civilians residing in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in an effort to expand the areas affected by the war and deepen the moral divide amongst the people of the same nation. Conversely, statements as well as public pronouncements from the Rapid Support Forces’ leadership indicate its categorical rejection of any act of targeting civilians in areas under the Sudanese Armed Forces’ control, affirming its commitment to avoiding racist rhetoric or collective revenge, in order to preserve the tattered remains of the national fabric that faces the looming threat of fragmentation.

Our Nazir —Suleiman Jaber Juma’a Sahl— was killed, and the world was made aware of the horror of targeting a community meeting that was supposed to be a haven for dialogue and cultivation. Therefore, his death was  rather a shock to the collective memory and a wound that will not heal easily. However, the gang members have long exhausted their tactics of deceit and sedition, whilst the Quad is effectively besieging them, hence, their options are limited to dispatching drones to vent their anguish and express their hatred for the nomads who resorted to -rightfully- adopting a stance against them, rejecting the oppressive approach utilized from the very beginning: hostility, division, and hatred.

Furthermore, this particular instance of targeting is not limited to an attack on an individual; itsan attack on one of Sudan’s historic families, on a memory shaped over generations, and on a social fabric whose features, if erased, could lead to the collapse of the nation, writing another dark page. At this juncture —with the same sense of sadness and fear— we ought to consider this crime a call for unity and accountability: to uproot the source of hatred, eradicate the means of control through sedition, and rebuild a homeland that does not resort to assassinating its symbols or divide its people.

Any targeting of this moral weight in people’s lives is an attack on the fabric shaped by these venerable families over centuries: leaders of the people, treasures of wisdom, beacons of honor that have yet to falter before the vicissitudes of politics. When the hallmarks of this symbolic system are bombarded, not only is a single branch severed, but the very foundations of collective sense of belonging are shaken and fragmented in vain.

For in reality, corruption gangs in this country have long targeted national symbols in an effort to eliminate Sudanese values, and to effortlessly clear the path for loyalists, greedy individuals, and tyrants. Thus, the national edifice will collapse, allowing deviants and vile people to ascend to the pinnacle of power on the ruins of history. This is what led some to decline and dragged us into this vicious cycle of war. Nevertheless, condemning the act is not a luxury: its a duty to preserve the memory of honor and the right of future generations to an unbroken history.

In addition, because some hearts in the country still recognize the difference between the homeland and a faction, standing up now against the targeting of civil leaders is far from being a narrow tribal discourse; rather, its a civil, national stance to protect what remains of the national fabric. Our anger must not turn into the instigation of new divisions; rather, it ought to become a matter of accountability and justice, a demand to protect civilians and the civil administrations protecting us from disintegration.

May the Almighty have mercy on those who passed away; nonetheless, their deaths were not in vain. Rather, they are a reminder to us that the blood that was shed is a entrusted upon us.Defending our people’s leaders is not a tribal call, but rather a summons to the conscience of a State that respects the law and dignity; Justice alone is the fence that prevents grief from turning into a dreadful chain of events. Therefore, let’s transform anger into a force for achieving justice, and grief into a call for reform and healing.

In conclusion, Sudan has no future and no path to sustainable renaissance as long as the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood State (the corrupt Islamists / Al-Kizan) remains deeply entrenched in all levels of government. For their policies were never merely administrative errors or miscalculations; rather, they were a political methodology based on neutralizing national values ​​and exploiting wars and hatred as a means of survival.

It is time to end this hegemony and remove the frameworks of control that have enabled these groups to dominate —not through fleeting revenge, but through a clear constitutional process: independent judicial accountability, dismantling the financing and political positioning structures, and institutional reform that restores the State’s Sovereignty as well as the institutions that guarantee citizens’ rights. The nation’s destiny requires a legal and political resolution that ensures a genuine transition to civilian rule which, in turn, recognizes diversity and protects the nation’s unity, not a solution that perpetuates the cycle of violence or revenge.

October 18th, 2025