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EUROPE’S COMPLICITY IN SUDAN GENOCIDE EXPOSED BY MEMBER OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT "If you send military material to the [UAE], and a similar equipment suddenly appears in Sudan, ask a question: 'come on, how is it possible?'" said Marc Botenga, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB). Speaking to Pan-African journalist Maud-Salomé Ekila, Botenga, who represents one of the few European parliamentary parties that openly identifies as Marxist, exposed the European Union’s direct complicity in the destruction of Sudan. Since April 2023, the UAE - a European ally - has waged war on Sudan via the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Pointing to the ongoing atrocities on the ground, Ekila asked: "What responsibility do you believe the European Union bears for the continuation of this conflict?" Botenga characterised Europe's role as "very big," revealing that until recently, naming the UAE in European political halls was "completely taboo." He noted that despite a formal arms embargo (for the Darfur region of western Sudan), European-manufactured weapons continue to reach Sudan, while EU member states deepen military alliances with the UAE. Botenga drew specific attention to the RSF's atrocities in Al-Fashir, the state capital of North Darfur, where the UAE-backed militia perpetrated massacres that the UN described as genocidal. "[Europe's] responsibility is to say: 'listen, guys, we will not cooperate militarily with countries sponsoring the worst crimes imaginable'", he said. Botenga further detailed how the war is driven by foreign corporate interests seeking Sudan’s vast gold reserves and agricultural lands. He then concluded with a sharp critique of diplomatic platitudes from Western leaders who mourn the crisis while maintaining partnerships with the state bankrolling it. "Just denouncing it and saying 'we're so sad about what's happening in Sudan' is not going to cut it," Botenga said.