Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistleblower whose testimony raises fresh concern...

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAE</p><p>Warnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistleblower whose testimony raises fresh concern over British <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/07/aid-cuts-uk-rejected-atrocity-prevention-sudan-civilians-rsf-massacres-el-fasher">failures to act on the atrocities</a> unfolding in the war-ravaged country.</p><p>The threat analyst said they were prevented from warning that genocide could occur in Darfur by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials in a humanitarian risk assessment collated days after Sudan’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/19/an-existential-battle-of-interests-what-the-sudanese-war-is-actually-about">brutal civil war erupted</a> in April 2023.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/03/whistleblower-accuses-foreign-office-of-censoring-warning-of-sudan-genocide">Continue reading...</a>
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