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The first episode yet. Hi there. This is Edith Ruselo, a producer on the story. So every weekend, we raid the story archives for an episode that you might have missed that we think you'd love.

This week, I'm picking a story that we did back in January.

Our correspondent Anthony Lloyd went to Sudan to report on one of the world's deadliest

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Before we begin, a warning.

This episode contains descriptions of war and sexual violence.

From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Manvine Rana.

For almost two years, a deadly civil war has been raging in Sudan. And yet, it's hardly ever talked about.

A few weeks ago, the veteran war correspondent at the Times, Anthony Lloyd, made his way to the front line.

So this was the first day that I'd actually reached Ombudsman,

Ombudsman being the city, the twin city to Khartoum and abutting Khartoum just divided by the Nile.

And in Ombudsman, there's been really heavy fighting,

particularly last year throughout the spring and then again in the autumn.

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