Has the world forgotten Sudan? After more than a year of civil war, Sudan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. Thousands have been killed, millions displaced and children are dying of hunger. In the western region of Darfur, an old conflict has been reignited and there are new warnings about the risk of genocide in the fight for city of el-Fasher. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s happening.
Chapters:
01:00 – Sudan’s backstory: Omar al-Bashir and how the democratic transition got derailed.
01:33 – General Burhan vs General Hemedti and who controls what
01:55 – How the RSF control most of Darfur
02:25 – The fight for el-Fasher
03:38 – The ethnic dimension to the war in Darfur
04:50 – How the RSF evolved out of the Janjaweed
05:35 – Accusations of RSF atrocities in Darfur
07:25 – Sudan’s hunger crisis
08:15 – Why people in Sudan aren’t getting the aid they need
08:53 – Which other countries are being linked to the Sudan war?
10:35 – Why ending the fighting in Sudan is so difficult
Map data for areas of control (at 2:00): Thomas van Linge | @ThomasVLinge
This episode features:
Kholood Khair, Founder & Director, Confluence Advisory
Alan Boswell, Project Director for the Horn of Africa, International Crisis Group
Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab, Yale School of Public Health
Hala Alkarib, Regional Director, SIHA Network
Dallia Mohamed Adelmoniem, Political Commentator & Analyst
Mathilde Vu, Advocacy Adviser, Norwegian Refugee Council
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