AFRICAN STREAM TALKS SUDAN ON TRT WORLD

Today marks one year since the start of the bloody conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces over who can control
Africa’s third largest country- Sudan.

Very few English-speaking media outlets are shining a spotlight on Sudan’s catastrophic humanitarian situation - which has killed at least 13,000–15,000 people and injured over 33,000 others. However, those numbers are believed to be seriously underestimated.

African Stream’s editor-in-chief, Ahmed Kaballo - himself Sudanese - was recently interviewed by TRT World as part of their coverage of the conflict. He laid out the true extent of the crisis and explained how severe difficulties in getting aid aggravate it.

Global news outlets have largely lost interest in Sudan - especially in the wake of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and amidst ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Eastern DRC.

The UN says Sudan is in the grip of the world’s largest displacement crisis, with nearly 9 million internal refugees - half of them children - and 2 million people having fled abroad. Intense violence and restrictions on movement have blocked the delivery of humanitarian assistance, leading to mounting cases of severe malnutrition and hunger. A Ramadan truce proposed by the UN Security Council in March fell apart after the army demanded the RSF’s exit from public and civilian sites.

Let’s keep Sudan in the news. Your thoughts and insights matter to us - please share them in the comments.