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Re: Why War in Ukraine is Causing Apocalyptic Famine
By: 2ThaSun Date: May 8, 2023, 11:56 am
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Global Hunger Hits Crisis Levels: U.N. World Food Programme's
Cindy McCain | Amanpour and Company
[quote]In Sudan, efforts to establish a ceasefire continue to
fail. The United Nations Secretary General now warns the
conflict could explode into an all-out war that will affect the
region for years to come. Nearly four weeks of violence are
having a devastating effect on the country, with hundreds killed
and thousands fleeing their homes in search of safety. Those
left behind or forced into refugee camps are in need of shelter,
medicine, clean water and food. The U.N. World Food Programme is
urgently working to get the Sudanese people fed. But it’s
dangerous work, and operations were temporarily halted when
three WPF staff members were killed in the fighting. At the helm
of the WFP during this tense time is Cindy McCain, former
ambassador and widow of Senator John McCain. She’s just one
month into the job, and the challenges go way beyond Sudan. The
number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more
than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Ukraine war, regional conflict, and climate
change. McCain joins the show from Nairobi.
Originally aired on May 5, 2023[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GQATZNn-PQ
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/sudan/
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/re-duginism-1134/
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/climate-weather-and-climate-effects-2020-and-beyond/
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/climate-refugees/
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Re: Sudan
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 18, 2023, 6:16 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fk54_CXv40
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Re: Sudan
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 29, 2023, 12:12 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPWVA1Z5jz4
Best comment:
[quote]Why Germany noy taking them[/quote]
Or better yet, France (former colonizer of Chad).
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Re: Sudan
By: 2ThaSun Date: June 18, 2023, 2:49 pm
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Video exposes rape allegedly carried out by Wagner-backed
militia in Sudan
[quote]Sudanese rights organizations say atrocities are being
committed as part of the ongoing conflict in the country’s
western region of Darfur. In this exclusive report, CNN has
uncovered evidence that Russian mercenary group Wagner is
complicit by its continuing support of Sudan’s Rapid Support
Forces paramilitary. As part of this investigation, CNN verified
and corroborated incidents of rape perpetrated by the RSF,
including one captured on video. The RSF denies links to Wagner
and any involvement in mass rape. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports.
#CNN #News[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8dT6Kjwyec
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Re: Sudan
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 18, 2023, 4:30 pm
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This is why I have been warning since the beginning of this
topic that Sudanese have to emigrate as early as possible.
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Re: Sudan
By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 9, 2023, 11:34 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UG2zULrf9w
It will only get worse! Get out and head straight for the EU!
(South Sudanese should also head for the EU!)
Best comment:
[quote]We should invite all of them Sudanese to France.[/quote]
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Re: Sudan
By: SudanAndWagner Date: September 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
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Ukraine 'likely' behind strikes in Sudan, Ukrainian military
source says
[quote]Ukrainian special services were likely behind a series of
drone strikes and a ground operation directed against a
Wagner-backed militia near Sudan’s capital, a CNN investigation
has found, raising the prospect that the fallout from Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine has spread far from the frontlines.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M5iq5x29mY
Comments:
[quote]This seems highly unlikely. Are any other news outlets
reporting this?[/quote]
[quote]Agree. France or US more likely. This few names could be
quickly edited.[/quote]
[quote]I'd expect that western intelligence agencies are backing
this. UK, France and the US all have a presence in the region
and view Wagner/Russias work as both destructive and harmful to
their interests. Ukraine really doesn't have the resources to
do these things outside their own region, but a partnership with
our intelligence agencies would be in their interest.[/quote]
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Re: Sudan
By: Sudan Date: November 8, 2023, 10:39 pm
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Sudan's Darfur refugees report ethnically driven killings by RSF
| Al Jazeera Newsfeed
[quote]People fleeing to Chad have reported a new surge in
ethnically driven killings in Sudan's West Darfur after the
paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over the main army
base in the state capital,
el-Geneina.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfJHpsDQxJ4
Comments:
[quote]So much hostility against the poorest weakest defenseless
people's, a true sign of the end of time's. Sickening
😢[/quote]
[quote]May God give victory to all oppressed people
globally[/quote]
[quote]May Allah give freedom to the oppressed[/quote]
[quote]The brutality of humans is unsurpassed.💔[/quote]
Worst rightist\Hasbara(?) comment:
[quote]shouldn't you be more mad at the free palestine movement
which won't do much about this? because they claim to be the
only people who currently care about "ethnic cleansings"[/quote]
Best comment:
[quote]They are Arab-speaking and driven from their homes, but
one major thing counts against them: they are Africans.
Therefore, it is not so emotionally taxing to overlook their
plight. International media have done their part in
desensitizing audiences to injustices in Africa by chronically
portraying the continent as a place of perpetual misery. Sure,
the Sudanese have been escaping bombs too, but no Sudanese
attacked a country of high importance to the conceptual "West".
The cameras dimmed after a brief spotlight on the region when it
seemed like something more menacing to "Western" interests was
emerging elsewhere -- coups in "former" French colonies.[/quote]
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Re: Sudan
By: Darfur Date: November 26, 2023, 1:10 am
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Will Sudan’s War Cause Darfur to Secede?
[quote]After 7 months of fighting and recent escalations in
violence, Sudan is at risk of splitting once again. So in this
video, we'll break down Darfur separatism, the current ethnic
violence unfolding there and whether it could secede in the
future. [/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TTdYtW2VkA
Comments:
[quote]I'm from Sudan, thank you for talking about my country,
the Army failed to protect the state and the people from the RSF
and its allied Arab militia because they're being supplied by
countries like the UAE... kinda whished if you talked about how
some countries are negatively impacting the peace process in my
country beside the multiple peace initiatives that also
complicated the matter.[/quote]
[quote]we cant do that, its the fault of the west[/quote]
[quote]UAE is west country?[/quote]
"Fault of the West", absolutely. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan...
[quote]Darfur (/dɑːrˈfʊər/ dar-FOOR;
Arabic: دار فور, romanized:
Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur') is a region of
western Sudan. Dār is an Arabic word meaning "home [of]" –
the region was named Dardaju (Arabic: دار
داجو, romanized: Dār
Dājū) while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë
c. 350 AD, and it was renamed Dartunjur (Arabic:
دار تنجر, romanized:
Dār Tunjur) when the Tunjur ruled the area. Darfur was an
independent sultanate for several hundred years until 1874, when
it fell to the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr. The region was
later invaded and incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian
forces in 1916.[2] As an administrative region, Darfur is
divided into five federal states: Central Darfur, East Darfur,
North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur. Because of the War
in Darfur between Sudanese government forces and the indigenous
population, the region has been in a state of humanitarian
emergency and genocide since 2003. The factors include religious
and ethnic rivalry, and the rivalry between farmers and
herders.[3]
The first historical mention of the word Fur occurs in 1664 in
the account by J. M. Vansleb, a German traveler, of a visit to
Egypt (Petermann (1862-3). Mitteilungen, Erganzungsband II). It
is claimed that, like sūdān, fūr means "blacks",
and was the name given by the early light-colored Berber sultans
of Darfur to the original inhabitants of the country such as the
Binga, Banda, etc. As the historic dynasty's physical appearance
became more "Africanized" from intermarriage with black wives
and concubines, the appearance of the sultans darkened
correspondingly and they became known by the appellation of
their subjects, Fūr.[4][/quote]
Entire page:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur#Bibliography
[quote]Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Arabic:
السودان
الإنجليزي
المصري as-Sūdān
al-Inglīzī al-Maṣrī) was a condominium of
the United Kingdom and Egypt between 1899 and 1956,
corresponding mostly to the territory of present-day South Sudan
and Sudan. Legally, sovereignty and administration were shared
between both Egypt and the United Kingdom, but in practice the
structure of the condominium ensured effective British control
over Sudan, with Egypt having limited local power and
influence.[clarification needed] In the meantime, Egypt itself
fell under increasing British influence. Following the Egyptian
Revolution of 1952, Egypt pushed for an end to the condominium,
and the independence of Sudan. By agreement between Egypt and
the United Kingdom in 1953, Sudan was granted independence as
the Republic of the Sudan on 1 January 1956. In 2011, the south
of Sudan itself became independent as the Republic of South
Sudan.
In the 19th century, whilst nominally a vassal state of the
Ottoman Empire, Egypt had acted as a virtually independent state
since Muhammad Ali's seizure of power in 1805. Seeking to
supplant and ultimately replace the Ottoman Empire as the
dominant regional power, Muhammad Ali declared himself Khedive,
and expanded Egypt's borders both southwards into Sudan, and
eastwards into the Levant and Arabia, the latter at the expense
of the Ottoman Empire. Territory in Sudan was annexed by Egypt,
and governed as an integral part of the country, with Sudanese
granted Egyptian citizenship. Ultimately, the intervention of
the Great Powers in support of the Ottoman Empire forced Egypt
to return all Levantine and Arabian territory to the Ottomans
upon Muhammad Ali's death. However, there was no such impediment
to Egypt's southward expansion.
During the reign of Muhammad Ali's grandson, Isma'il Pasha,
Egypt consolidated and expanded its control of the Sudan as far
south as the Great Lakes region, whilst simultaneously acquiring
territory in modern-day Chad, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia.
Additionally, the hitherto unsanctioned use of the title Khedive
was formally approved by the Ottoman Sultan. Egypt was at the
height of its power, with Isma'il seeking the establishment of a
contiguous African empire that could be a bulwark against
European expansion in Africa[citation needed].
Isma'il's grand ambitions were, however, cut short by Egypt's
ruinous defeat in the Ethiopian-Egyptian War, which exacerbated
pre-existing financial problems in the country caused by his
cripplingly expensive programmes of rapid modernisation. This
led ultimately to the Great Powers deposing Isma'il in 1879 in
favour of his son, Tewfik Pasha. Egypt thereafter withdrew from
all territories outside of Sudan, and Egypt proper.
Discontent with the rule of Tewfik sparked two revolts in 1881,
the Mahdist Revolt in Sudan, and the Orabi Revolt in Egypt
proper. Whilst the military intervention of the United Kingdom
in 1882 crushed the Orabi Revolt, and restored Tewfik's nominal
authority in Egypt proper, the Mahdist Revolt continued to
expand, leaving Sudan under the effective rule of the Mahdist
rebels.
The British military presence in Egypt transformed the country
into a virtual protectorate of the United Kingdom. Though it
remained de jure a self-governing vassal state of the Ottoman
Empire, true power now rested with the United Kingdom's
representative in Cairo. In the following decade, the United
Kingdom reformed and remodelled the Egyptian military on British
lines, and British and Egyptian forces gradually defeated the
Mahdist rebels, and restored the nominal authority of the
Egyptian Khedive in Sudan. However, as in Egypt proper, this
authority was compromised by the reality of effective British
control.
In 1899, the United Kingdom forced Abbas II, Tewfik's successor
as Khedive, to transform Sudan from an integral part of Egypt
into a condominium in which sovereignty would be shared between
Egypt and the United Kingdom. Once established, the condominium
witnessed ever-decreasing Egyptian control, and would for most
of its existence be governed in practice by the United Kingdom
through the Governor-General in Khartoum. For the remainder of
his reign, this would be one of the flashpoints between the
nationalist Khedive Abbas II and the United Kingdom, with Abbas
seeking to arrest and reverse the process of increasing British
control in Egypt and Sudan.[/quote]
Entire page:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan
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Re: Sudan
By: sudan Date: November 26, 2023, 2:33 am
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/26/sudan-aid-workers-risk-kidnap-and-rape-experts-warn
Sudan aid workers risk ‘kidnap and rape’, experts warn
[quote]
A large gathering of international and grassroots aid
organisations working in Sudan has met to discuss the
increasingly desperate needs of people on the ground as the
armed conflict continues to take lives and displace hundreds of
thousands – as well as how to work together more effectively.
International organisations need to communicate and coordinate
more effectively with local groups, Mawada Mohammed, head of
psychological rehabilitation and community development
organisation Ud, in Khartoum
She said this “lack of coordination among themselves and between
them and governments or international organisations” is one of
the greatest challenges local groups face.
Since the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began a military
campaign to seize control of Khartoum on April 15, more than
10,000 people have been killed and at least six million
displaced due to the heavy fighting that has spread through most
states.
The head of the World Health Organization warned that the
conflict in Sudan is having “a devastating impact on lives,
health and well-being”, as aid agencies raised the alarm that
their Sudanese workers are being kidnapped, raped and assaulted.
In a speech to the conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said
nearly 700 million Sudanese children suffer “severe, acute
malnutrition” and the country’s beleaguered healthcare system is
nearing “a breaking point”.
MSF staff have endured beatings, death threats and theft during
the past months of the conflict, he said. He added that violence
and threats were mainly directed towards MSF’s Sudanese staff, a
point echoed by other NGOs at the summit, who said female local
staff have also been kidnapped and raped.
Aid organisations said they are unable to reach places where
people need the most assistance due to fighting and blockades,
and warned that local workers are in increasing danger.
Experts from NGOs highlighted that more than half of Sudan’s
population – 25 million people – are in urgent need of
humanitarian assistance and the medical situation is critical,
with 70 to 80 percent of all hospitals out of service across the
country.
A call for humanitarian corridors
The checkpoints operated by both RSF and Sudanese Army forces
pose a significant obstacle to the movement of people and goods,
making humanitarian responses to urgent needs extremely
difficult, experts said.
“Unfortunately, there is no way to put pressure on the warring
parties to force them to open safe corridors and paths. We
continue to urge them to do so but without success,” Salah said.
Aid officials and experts said, however, that nothing can be
achieved without political and diplomatic efforts. Lawyer
Mohammed Salah said: “The international community must put
pressure on the warring parties to put an end to this human
suffering and war.”
As NRC’s Egeland noted when he opened the conference, there is
no “humanitarian solution for a horrific war”.
“There are political and diplomatic solutions for the war and
for the rebuilding of the country, accompanied by humanitarian
assistance.”
[/quote]
HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/24/do-not-ignore-the-suffering-of-sudanese-women
Do not ignore the suffering of Sudanese women
[quote]
Women are bearing the brunt of the vicious war in Sudan. The
world should not look away.
Sudanese women have always been an inspiration to me.
Now, in a terrible turn of events, Sudanese women are bearing
the brunt of the vicious war that began in mid-April between the
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support
Forces (RSF). More than six million people have been displaced
since the new war erupted including an estimated 105,000 women
who are currently pregnant, according to the United Nations. Of
the 1.2 million who have fled to neighbouring countries, nearly
nine in 10 are women and children.
And sexual and gender-based violence has become an epidemic.
According to the World Health Organization, more than four
million women and girls are at risk of sexual violence in Sudan.
While a UN experts’ report accused both parties of violations of
humanitarian and human rights law, the experts expressed alarm
at the brutal and widespread use of rape and other forms of
sexual violence by the RSF. Some of the reported rapes appeared
to be ethnically and racially motivated, the experts said, in a
frightful echo of the Darfur crisis of 20 years ago.
A Human Rights Watch report found that the RSF committed a
‘‘staggering number of rapes and other war crimes’’ during
attacks on West Darfur’s capital, el-Geneina, between late April
and late June 2023.
”I am four months pregnant,” said a 21-year-old survivor. ”I
cannot even count how many times I have been raped.”
A new UN report describes how women and girls are being abducted
and held in ”inhuman, degrading slave-like condition in areas
controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur, where
they are allegedly forcibly married and held for ransom.”
Sources told the UN that women and girls have been seen in
chains on pick-up trucks and cars.
I am deeply concerned by accusations about regional powers
intent on worsening the situation for Sudan’s women.
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