Speaking for @Phillyfor Sudan, Amira explained how the efforts to form a democratic government set into motion by the 2018 popular uprising in Sudan have been overthrown by the staged RSF coup in April 2023: “Protests against the coup have demanded a return to democratic negotiations, but the UAE, the U.S., and [its neocolony] do not want a return to democracy in Sudan.

“These governments have controlled the RSF with money, weapons and other benefits, and the result has been war on civilians with the largest displacement, destruction, and complete disruption of our country. This is not a civil war. It is an anti-revolutionary war, anti-civilization — a global proxy war. But Sudan is not for sale.”

Over a year of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF since April 2023 has resulted in major destruction of the capital city Khartoum and the forcible displacement of 10.7 million people — the largest internal displacement crisis globally. Millions of people are at risk of famine. Sudan is one of Africa’s largest countries by area.

Amira concluded: “The RSF is a terrorist organization for international players who we must demand stop exacerbating the war. We must work toward restoration and reconstruction of a democratic country controlled by the Sudanese people.”

The rally was followed by a march up the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for a closing rally.