Sudanese Civil War: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis with Alberto Fernandez

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Largely ignored by the media, the civil war in Sudan is perhaps the world’s deadliest conflict, with hostilities relentlessly escalating over the past year between the Sudanese Army and the “Rapid Reaction Forces.” Eighteen million people, or over one-third of the country’s population, are estimated to experience severe levels of acute food insecurity. What are the origins of this conflict? What are the current issues? What are its future prospects? Why does the outside world barely notice it?

Alberto M. Fernandez is vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). From 2017 to 2020, he served as president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, the U.S. government’s Arabic-language news organization. Ambassador Fernandez was a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1983 to 2015. He served in Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Guatemala,. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Arizona.

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