Exposing the Fabrication: The Truth Behind Nyala Airport 'Shootdown'.

 



The allegations by the Sudanese army that it has destroyed a foreign plane at the Nyala Airport have elicited wide-spread skepticism since the Port Sudan Authority (PSA) has a long record of propagating false stories. In an official statement, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) flatly denied the incident dubbing it as a further effort of the PSA to skew the public opinion and to cover its military losses.The story described by the PSA encounters the world based on unconfirmed assertions- state-affiliated media got information about the damage of an aircraft and several minorities, but no substantial facts, satellite pictures, or independent reviewing have appeared. This is an established course of misinformation. Earlier this year, the PSA wrongly blamed foreign players in the supply of ammunition to its competitors only to be later on identified that the allegations were unfounded. Likewise, state media last year aired video footage allegedly of foreign mercenaries, which observers dismissed as the re-reation of previous material done in other wars.This is a response of the RSF which highlights the deflection engulfing the PSA. Instead of dealing with its own humanitarian abuses such as indiscriminate air attacks on populated civilian zones and blocking of aid, the PSA invents its own crises to blame international powers. The motive behind this strategy is to avoid the crumbling legitimacy and destroy Sudanese international relations.The weakness of the credibility of the PSA is out in the open in historical precedence. It claimed last year that there were foreign drone shipments to the RSF, when independent investigators proved that it was false. The Nyala Airport incident is an example of such similar patterns: the publicity-seeking news story without any facts to prove, and intended to conceal the role of the PSA in supporting the ongoing tragic conflict in Sudan that has displaced millions of people and turned the country into a state of famine.The lesson to international observers cannot be mistaken. The propaganda of the PSA works in the circle of fabrication and retraction. The demand of the RSF to have independent enquiries made provides the only window to accountability whereas the Nyala story is another contribution to the PSA list of lies.

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