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Sudan's civil war escalates, humanitarian crisis grows

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6943 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sudan's civil war is escalating as the paramilitary RSF group, which now controls the Darfur region, escalates its attacks and turns its focus east, amid a growing humanitarian crisis. Also, Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president and Congress in a first-round vote where security is front of mind. And, the Deaflympic Games kick off in Tokyo this weekend. Plus, a woman conducts the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in a rare performance.

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0:00.0

The killing in Sudan is a stain on the entire international community.

0:09.0

So says the United Nations.

0:12.0

What will it take to finally stop it?

0:14.0

Leverage.

0:15.0

It's always been the key variable and it's always been the missing variable.

0:20.0

I'm Carolyn Beeler today with the latest from Sudan.

0:24.0

Also today, in Chile, the perception of rising crime rates among voters doesn't square with

0:28.9

reality.

0:29.5

The level of fear in the citizenry has much more to do with social interactions, the role

0:35.6

of the media, but it's not really a result of a very

0:39.3

sharp increase in crime. And deaf athletes from around the world are heading to Tokyo to compete.

0:45.9

Many don't get much support from their governments back home. So I always feel it a little bit of

0:51.7

a pit to swallow. That's all ahead on the world.

0:57.3

This is The World.

0:58.8

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

1:00.0

Thank you for listening today.

1:02.0

The top human rights official at the United Nations is making an urgent call for action in Western Sudan.

1:08.8

Here's Volker Turk speaking in Geneva earlier today about what's been

1:12.2

happening in the Sudanese city of El Fasher. The atrocities that are unfolding in Al-Fashir

1:18.6

were foreseen and preventable, but they were not prevented. They constitute the gravest of crimes. Last month, the rapid support forces,

1:31.7

a Sudanese paramilitary group, took control of El Fasher. Since then, the world has watched

1:37.3

as troops from the RSF committed mass killings of civilians, sexual violence, attacks on health

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