Sudan and the neglected wars

Sudan is facing a dire humanitarian crisis. Nearly 9 million people are displaced from their homes and millions face severe hunger, all stemming from a conflict that broke out just over a year ago. But there are widespread concerns that the world is turning a blind eye to Sudan - and to other African countries facing conflicts.
Today, The Globe’s Africa Bureau Chief Geoffrey York explains what’s been going on in Sudan, why so little attention is being paid to this conflict among others, and what that means for the people on the ground.
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[@heathers4449]

Thank you, thank you for covering this! I've wondered the same thing re: the lack of coverage on this topic, on the Tigray conflict, on the ongoing situation Myanmar, and the other conflicts named by your guest, while the Ukraine and Palestine get so much international attention. My only thought is that we care more about conflicts where we can easily pick a "good" and "bad" side, and shy away from complex disputes ... in reality, we should just be on the side of preventing civilian targeting and death. Cheers to the great coverage!

[@aan3]

@heathers4449 Your message hit the nail on the head! The coverage was great. The whole good guys vs bad guys is such a simplistic and childish way to view complex conflicts, it dismisses trying to find ways to halts and permantly ended conflicts by saying "well everyone involved in the war is a bad guy therefore we can't work with them." With the media, the bad guy story distracts from the root cause of the conflict. You're right that such a perspective overlooks civilians' protection, well being and even sidelines civilian peace intiatives within the country. And also generalizing Sudan's conflict with what is happening in the Sahel or Tigray conflict in Ethiopia or comparing every conflict to Somalia which the media does ad nausuem ignores uniqueness of Sudan, its strategic location in North Africa and the Red Sea and its society. In short, Sudan's conflict is not the same as the countries mentioned aboe. As the conflict affects nearly half the population and neighboring countries, it shouldn't be dismissed as not our problem or out of sight out of mind

[@dissaid]

😎😎😎

[@ianleslie6971]

Saudi Arabia, Qatar,UAE, Indonesia et al are available for the Muslim world.

[@mustafaahmed6345]

UAE, Saudi, Qatar, are literally funding the warcriminals in sudan.
Look up ethnic cleansing in Darfur and arab funding RSF (Janjaweed)