AfricaNow! April 10, 2024 War in Sudan One Year On

Topic and Guests: April 15 marks one year since war broke out in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo a.k.a. Hemedti.   Recent figures indicate over 9 million people have been displaced—internally and externally as refugees abroad; and the United Nations World Food Programme notes roughly 18 million face acute food insecurity (“What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises” The Guardian March 22, 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/22/what-caused-the-civil-war-in-sudan-and-how-has-it-become-one-of-the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crises). The war has impacted children heavily—it has been noted as many as 19 million children are out of school due to the war. 

Recently I had conversations unpacking the war situation in Sudan and solidarity efforts with Sudanese in deal with the war’s impact.  The conversations dissected internal and external players; the role multinational corporations; historic neoliberal policies which have undermined the country’s food production; the tremendous role of the Resistance Committees in addressing the needs of the people; the solidarity efforts with Sudanese from abroad and more.  The conversations featured Dr. Nisrin Elamin and Diana Konate.  Scholar/Activist Dr. Nisrin Elamin, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of African Studies, University of Toronto, and a member of the Sudan Solidarity Collective in Canada.  Diana Konate, Deputy Executive Director of Policy, and Advocacy, African Communities Together (ACT).

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“UHURU KWANZA” BY RANDY WESTON remembering his birthday April 6 (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) and Jazz Appreciation Month; break--“AL AMAL” BY NOORI & HIS DORPA BAND; intro of Diana Konate--“JABANA” BY NOORI & HIS DORPA BAND; sign-off--“JARABI” SONA JOBARTEH; closing song--“GOD BLESS THE CHILD” BY BILLIE HOLIDAY commemorating her birthday April 7 (April 7, 1915—July 17, 1959) and Jazz Appreciation Month.

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Photo: Sudanese Dr. Dimah Mahmoud with signs at Embassy of Sudan by and Drawing of Statement on Sidewalk in front of Embassy of Sudan by Dimah Mahmoud in front Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC in June 2023. Photos courtesy of Mwiza Munthali.

AfricaNow! Apr. 10, 2024 War in Sudan One Year On

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