I wanted to start this season with a topic that has been severely underreported in the media and under prioritized by governments, and that is Sudan.

Sudan has been in the headlines recently after the city of el-Fasher was captured by the RSF, the Rapid Support Forces, one of two parties, the other being the Sudanese Armed Forces, to a conflict that has ravaged the country in unimaginable ways.

More than 150,000 people have died in the conflict across the country, and about 12 million have fled their homes in what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

But this didnt happen overnight. For many months, everyone from Sudanese activists and journalists to the UN has been warning of the exact scenario we see unfolding today.

So what happened? Why were all these warnings ignored? And what were some of the historic and structural factors in Suday that led to this moment?

I spoke to Khouloud Khair, a Sudanese political analyst and the founding director of Confluence Advisory, a "think-and-do" tank based in Khartoum, to unpack the issues for us and tell us what both policymakers and ordinary people can do to help.

This week, the view is from Sudan.

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Episode Notes:

Articles by Kholood:

The World Once Tried to Stop a Genocide in Sudan. Now It Looks Away: https://time.com/7017127/sudan-darfur-crisis/

Sudan's Dangerous Descent Into Warlordism: https://time.com/6342732/sudan-burhan-hemedti-descent-warlordism/

Local Aid Groups Are Keeping Sudan Alive: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2024-12/local-aid-groups-are-keeping-sudan-alive

Article by Ahmed Gouja:

An Atrocity Foretold: How the RSF Seige of Al Fasher Turned Into Genocidal Slaughter: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/10/30/atrocity-foretold-how-rsf-siege-el-fasher-turned-genocidal-slaughter

How You Can Help:

Mutual Aid Sudan: https://www.mutualaidsudan.org/

Sudan Solidarity Collective: https://www.sudansolidarity.com/

Sudanese-American Physicians Association (SAPA): https://sapa-usa.org/