Sudan has been on the heart of a lethal and brutal conflict for over a yr. It is the location of the world’s largest starvation disaster, and the world’s largest displacement disaster.
On the floor, it is a story about two warring generals vying for energy – the most recent in an extended cycle of energy struggles which have plagued Sudan for many years. Nevertheless it’s additionally a narrative in regards to the U.S. conflict on terror, Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, and China’s international rise.
Immediately on the present, we flip again the clock greater than a century to untangle the advanced internet that put Sudan on the trail to conflict.
Visitors:
Kholood Khair, Sudanese Political Analyst and Founding Director of Confluence Advisory, a “think-and-do” tank previously primarily based in Khartoum
Christopher Tounsel, Historian of recent Sudan and Affiliate Professor on the College of Washington
Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director of the Financial Analysis Discussion board primarily based in Cairo
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