The War the World Forgot

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BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.1 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Since it gained Independence in 1956 Sudan has had at least 2 major civil wars. The last one resulted in Southern Sudan becoming an Independent state in 2011. The latest civil war broke out last April between two rival factions of the military government, the Sudanese Army Force (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF. Thousands have been killed and the country is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis. Why aren't we hearing more about it? James Copnall, former BBC Sudan Correspondent finds out what exactly is going on from historians, personal testimony, government and humanitarian aid agencies.

Presenter: James Copnall Producer: Julie Ball Editor: Tara McDermott

Transcript

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0:00.0	This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.
0:05.0	The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.
0:09.0	And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.0	The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.5	The IRA inmates who found a way.
0:14.5	I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path
0:19.5	through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.
0:25.0	The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.
0:28.5	Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:40.0	Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm Vanessa Kasule. This podcast finds the world's best
0:47.0	audio documentaries and puts them all in one place.
0:50.0	I have buried more people in the past four months than I did my whole life.
0:57.0	All were civilians killed by war insides gunfire.
1:01.0	At a tour I did a few days ago of our neighborhood, which is now a ghost town.
1:06.5	I almost lost my mind when I saw what the war did to us.
1:10.5	If there is one thing the war hasn't taken from us, that would be our memories, but everything else is gone now.
1:18.0	Very little attention has been paid to what is happening in Sudan.
1:22.9	Simply I can call that one of the forgotten tragedy.
1:26.9	I don't know when the international community
1:29.7	will pay attention, but at least it is forgotten after this moment.
1:34.3	Which feels as if the world is purposefully ignoring Sudan and what's going on.
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