How And Why The Humanitarian Crisis In Sudan Is Being Forgotten

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

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It's one of the world's most serious current crises – and yet, this conflict is being deemed "forgotten."

But it's certainly well known by the more than 25 million people in Sudan who are facing starvation and the 11 million who have been displaced from their homes.

Since April of last year, conflict has raged between two Sudanese military groups, putting civilians in the middle of 500 days of violence and causing greater humanitarian crisis.

One report predicts that more than 2.5 million people could die of hunger by the end of this month. At least 150,000 people have been killed and the International Criminal Court has accused both warring parties of war crimes.

We talk to a group of experts about the crisis.

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0:25.0	It's the world's biggest
0:32.0	it's the world's biggest displacement crisis and yet the war that's causing it is called
0:37.8	the forgotten war by analysts and other media.
0:41.0	But it's certainly not forgotten by the more than 25 million people in Sudan who are facing hunger.
0:46.0	That's more than half the population.
0:48.0	11 million people are displaced from their homes. We were in Omdaman, but then the war came to us,
0:58.0	so we left the city and stayed in this house as God willed. The rain just kept pouring in torrents and people were screaming,
1:07.6	Help us, we're drowning, where is help, help us we have nothing.
1:11.7	That was a Sudanese civilian who was displaced from her home speaking with Channel 4 news.
1:17.0	The fighting began as a power struggle between Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary rapid support forces in the capital
1:24.6	Khartoum in April last year. It is now spread throughout the country with changing
1:29.0	alliances and several failed peace deals. The International Criminal Court has accused both sides of war crimes.
1:35.9	Other militia groups are taking part in the violence too.
1:39.0	Last month, famine was confirmed in one camp in Western Sudan,
1:43.0	humanitarian groups are rushing to get aid into the country
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