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A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing

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    Raspcoffee
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    Well, paired with the ongoing civil war, this is incredibly bad for the people. The world has been mostly focussed on the middle east and Ukraine recently. Unfortunately, I'm not so convinced even...

    Well, paired with the ongoing civil war, this is incredibly bad for the people. The world has been mostly focussed on the middle east and Ukraine recently. Unfortunately, I'm not so convinced even without that the world would focus a lot on Sudan. The civil war in the Central African Republic is barely discussed, if at all, and Syria well, is basically abandoned.

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      smoontjes
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      One number that blows my mind is that the amount of displaced Sudanese is 5 times the amount as the total population of Gaza. And there are 25.6 million Sudanese facing acute hunger. Gaza is...

      One number that blows my mind is that the amount of displaced Sudanese is 5 times the amount as the total population of Gaza. And there are 25.6 million Sudanese facing acute hunger. Gaza is important, yes, but it is in my opinion unjust how overlooked, underreported, and forgotten the civil war in Sudan is - and Myanmar deserves a mention as well..

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      1. Raspcoffee
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        Unfortunately, the combination of the people having darker skins and are less important to us geopolitically is enough for us to ignore much of the rest. If there is one more disaster with all the...

        Unfortunately, the combination of the people having darker skins and are less important to us geopolitically is enough for us to ignore much of the rest.

        If there is one more disaster with all the chaos, I wouldn't rule out the majority of the 25.6M figure you show to starve. Incidentally, the amount of starvation and disease related numbers is similar to WW2.

        The Sudanese civil war is brutal.

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