Sudan's 2-year descent into chaos

The World

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News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Tuesday marks two years since civil war broke out in Sudan. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created an immense humanitarian crisis, with millions of people displaced, and hundreds of thousands facing famine. A look at how things reached this point in Sudan, and where the country is headed. Also, Mexican border cities like Tijuana are emptying out as migrants give up trying to enter the US. And, the Ghanaian government is reforming the country's gold export market.

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0:00.0	Has this ever happened to you?
0:02.5	You wake up, look at your phone, scroll through the news for a minute or two, and then think, wow, how did we get here?
0:10.4	Well, that's the question we tackle every week on NPR's ThruLine podcast.
0:15.4	We tell you the surprising stories of the people who made our history.
0:19.7	Carl Sagan was in people's living rooms talking about the wonders of the universe, making
0:24.3	science feel personal and important to an everyday person.
0:29.9	Listen to Thuringland from NPR, wherever you get your podcasts. On the border in Tijuana, U.S. immigration policy has had a visible impact.
0:48.7	Shelters once filled with asylum seekers are now deserted.
0:52.4	It's all empty.
0:53.7	Beds are empty.
0:54.6	The floor on the bottom, it's empty also.
0:56.8	I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:58.0	And I'm Marco Wurman.
0:59.0	Today we come to you from the border to see what policy changes look like on the ground.
1:03.8	Also on the show, two years of civil war in Sudan.
1:06.6	You're talking about the country that's been absolutely devastated.
1:09.5	In every sense of the word, the infrastructure, healthcare, education.
1:14.4	And in Iraq, a sandstorm has shut down airports and sent thousands to hospitals.
1:18.9	It gets literally everywhere, in your eyes, up your nose, inside your sleeping bag.
1:26.3	Plus, they come from across the globe, a new crop of players for
1:29.3	the WNBA. All that and more today on The World. This is the World. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm
1:40.2	Marco Wurman. We have a home away from home this week, broadcasting from the studios of KPBS in San Diego.
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