Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must change Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must change T he latest report from the UN independent fact-finding mission on the fall of El Fasher in Sudan reads like a postmortem of a preventable tragedy. The report details what it calls the “ hallmarks of genocide ”: mass killings, systematic sexual