Sudan: the Proxy War the World is Ignoring

[@bsbdptsd]

There are more than 30 war conflicts going on right now, most of which are actually civil wars like Sudan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Mali, DR Congo, Haiti, Syria, Lybia, Iraq, Burkina Faso you name it. I would also include here Mexican Drug Wars, war in Ukraine and Russia and Israel war in Gaza. Such level of conflicts both on casualties and scale have not seen since WW2. Thank you for covering Sudan War which the World is Ignoring.

[@kevinlangan9055]

Thanks for mentioning the cartels as basically Mexico is in a civil war

[@timifamousncars]

Unless I'm missing something, I didn't hear about any war in Nigeria.

[@omarhisham2463]

iraq is chill yo

[@ex-navyspook]

​@@timifamousncarsYou're definitely missing something. Simon's talked about it on this channel, as well as Geographics.

[@bsbdptsd]

@@timifamousncars I was referring to Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgency which still takes place in Northern Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Southeast Niger and Western Chad. Of course, the scale of that conflict is not comparable to Sudan, but I've seen some NSFW mass executions from that region at telegram and the cruelty is absolutely brutal.

[@luishassan1127]

I'm Sudanese This is probably the most accurate video I've seen that covers "our story" well, going back decades to its roots. Thank you very much mister, I'm glad your channel popped up in my feed. Just a simple note: Yes, the SAF has its dark side over the past decades, due to the brutal killing and genocide i should say, towards certain tribes in Darfur, and that was due to our country being governed by a vicious dictator, Al-Bashir, who claims he is "islamic", but none of his 30 years in charge says anything about Islam. As you said, in his brutal endeavour in Darfur, he used RSF. Back then they weren't known as RSF, they didn't have a "uniform", they weren't related to the government. Al Bashir gave them weapons, made them governmental, gave their leader Hemedti open ties with UAE and KSA in their war against Yemen, which brought nothing but despair to the Yemeni people. RSF since the beginning of the war, forced us to leave our homes in the capital Khartoum, looted our homes, literally taking everything, even the spoons and bed sheets. They are known rapists, and by the way they tend to film each other doing war crimes, there are actual videos of them raping women, staying in our houses, and even bring their families to live in our houses. IT'S ALL FILMED, THEY THEMSELVES FILM THIS. I'm sorry for the long comment, I just want to stress the fact that RSF will never establish a country, and one of our mottos in out revolution in 2019 we said: "To their barracks the military shall return. To be completely dismantled, shall the Janjaweed". The Janjaweed is the real name of RSF. They are nothing but a coward militia, hiding from our army the SAF, by staying in our homes. Almost all of the Sudanese stand with the army, a few are neutral, but none of us, stand with RSF.

[@randmht9976]

"it's not Islam" 😂 It is infact what Islam is Read about history and true Islam and you will learn, what Islam really is.

[@mohamed_is_him]

Same here

[@lwscijunkie]

@@randmht9976 There are only two nations in a long list of countries suffering civil war or warring against their neighbors that are NOT Islamic...Haiti and Russia/Ukraine.

[@hollyisalwayshopeful2688]

Umm, SO not true US civil war NOT Islamic! Also many have been killed, hanged etc in name of Christianity😢

[@MrToolz.]

@@randmht9976right… you an American know more than him

[@CourtlandSandoverSly]

I went to university in 2014 with a man who is now leading a militia in South Sudan with a mission to "take the heads of his enemies." He had been a child soldier, and I really liked him, until I realized he actually was quite serious, and actually went back, and sent me lots of pictures.

[@hannahp1108]

Extremism is a hell of a drug.

[@harry.flashman]

A guy I work with is Sudanese. His wife and parents are stuck there. We work night shifts, and he tells me he doesnt sleep when we finish work every morning.

[@saltator8565]

He stood on business

[@codeN_8]

😮

[@jamesdoesitmatter]

What do you think happens to ones enemy in war.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

As a Kenyan it's difficult to believe that all this carnage is happening in a 'neighbouring' country😅our country is being troubled by a Fertilizer Fraud deal while our neighbours are barely surviving.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

@WolfhasaWASR Sijambo. It's nice to hear from you. How is life in the US?

[@likatalikata3823]

Kenyan here too. We hear more on Ukraine and Gaza than our own neighbors. I thought a war this scale should be mainstream news even for us on the African continent. I think we need our own African global news network the equivalent of Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN to tell these stories. That said, media is also selective on which African countries they report on. Had this happened in Kenya or other western leaning or important geopolitical anchor nations like SA, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast or Nigeria and given that Nairobi is the base where almost all global news agencies have their regional headquarters, this would be daily news.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

@@likatalikata3823 true, it's very unfortunate that most people get to learn very little about what's happening to our neighbours.

[@BronAsreal]

Haha. At least your country still in peace. Fraud is just a temporary setback that can be solved. War.....yea...

[@davianoinglesias5030]

@-el_bandito yep, they sold chalk/calcium to farmers calling it fertilizer. When someone steaks that kind of money it's difficult to prosecute them, they can easily bribe the entire justice system. We are making progress though.

[@briangrogan2553]

The censorship of KZbin has gotten ridiculous. Saying a word is not condoning the action.

[@whiteobama3032]

It's not about condoning anything. It's about advertisers not wanting to be promoted in videos about certain topics.

[@JadieJamz]

KZbin's censorship is totally communist. 100% violates Americans rights to freedom of speech, expression and the press.

[@Starkweather133]

If the story was that important to this channel, they wouldn’t censor themselves

[@an_otherwanderer]

If you make people fear a word, they'll never wanna talk about the issue.

[@jamesdoesitmatter]

This is much worse than Gaza, but their are no political points or palestinian Nazi beliefs involved in Africa.

[@kimmysander2447]

i just started talking to a girl from Sudan online... i dont understand why the world is not talking about this. its honestly horrifying. thank you for making this. we need more content creators like you.

[@prodalxne9769]

I just wanted to thank you and everyone on your team for these videos. Not only are they very well done and informative, but they’re also interesting. They are also quite important since they bring light to conflicts like this one, and others like the Tigray war for example. Way too many people have suffered and died directly from these tragedies for the entire world to seemingly not know or care about them at all. Thank you again for all you guys do! And RIP to all the victims of these senseless wars

[@MustafaKhalidMohamedElsheikh]

I am sudanese and all I can do now is pray my whole me and my dad and mom have not been in sudan when the war started but the rest of my family was and were forced to go to egypt

[@chickensalad3535]

How are you doing?

[@FarhaanAbdirahman]

I.A bro it will be fine

[@Marterrin]

I was in Sudan for a month almost 10 years ago now and it was amazing mostly because of the people, this is just heartbreaking.

[@taryn.gesmundo]

Same, I travelled the country for six weeks alone with my baby and the Sudanese took such good care of us as well as show us a good time. I have been gutted for years over what has been happening in Sudan.

[@HildaWalters-di7xc]

Please let the president know we need our loved ones out of Sudan please please

[@HildaWalters-di7xc]

Please please get our people out of Sudan I need our people out of there please

[@finalbag858]

sad that you can't even say the word 'rape' when reporting and quoting it, what a weird world we live in.

[@Davidpostingshid]

1984

[@caringheart34]

​@@Davidpostingshid"Guys, this is like Orwell's 1984" In all seriousness, christ yes, I get comment paused for a day for no rational reason OR any given reason. They don't even show the comments that got me flagged in the first place. "Ignorance is Strength-" shut up.

[@briansimon8969]

Rape is a real and most demonic act.

[@hellajeff5613]

Advertisers are uncomfortable making money advertising on a video about war crimes in Sudan because it has a not-nice word in it, which is KZbins top priority

[@NoxGlvdius]

Tbh. Besides Israel-Hamas and Israel-Iran. Most conflicts around the world, are not spoken of or completely ignored and forgotten. Ukraine-Russo war isn’t even on mainstream coverage anymore, Myanmar never went mainstream coverage, Azerbaijan-Armenia ethnic clash never went mainstream, Chads insurgents as well, Congos many ethnic skirmishes, Indonesia and Malaysia jihadist conflicts and even Mexican Cartel skirmishes. For the common person, it’s honestly hard to keep up with such; since it does not entirely affect their day-to-day lives.

[@Ozzianman]

Russo-Ukraine is still on the news.

[@johnbox271]

"For the common person" they don't understand these conflicts or have the power to alter them.

[@mr.z3664]

@@Ozzianman Not like it was when the western media propaganda were getting away with blatantly lying. Now that the truth is out, Ukraine gets an honorable mention a couple times a week, usually buried under 20 stories about Israel.

[@LovelyMoss-xc4ye]

Russian Ukraine war has essentially been going on for nearly a decade it wasn't until Russia ramped up and tried to take kiev that it became news.

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

as an Indonesian I don’t even know what jihadist conflict you’re talking about is ongoing in Indonesia right now

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - A year in hell 6:15 - Chapter 2 - Seeds of hate 12:00 - Chapter 3 - Puppet masters 16:30 - Chapter 4 - Enemy of my enemy 21:40 - Chapter 5 - Wildfire

[@T1Oracle]

🐐

[@eerie87]

Thank you!

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

World Leader “What’s going on out there?” Aide “We’ll know once Simon uploads his next Warographics”

[@EricDaMAJ]

You’d be surprised how many governments use “news” sources shallower than a moderately popular KZbin channel.

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

Great that you are covering this... the silence on this matter is crazy.

[@MarkVella-f3u]

Bless you for bringing this to the world's attention; to the extent anyone will care. Haiti, Myanmar, the list is too long.

[@averagelyabnormal904]

Complicated is certainly the right way to describe this, and the war being an ongoing disaster is how I would describe it. I am glad somebody is still trying to bring some attention to this.

[@ARIXANDRE]

With even Ukraine struggling to get some attention, it's difficult to see the world talking about Sudan.

[@BoldOne8760]

People are too busy picking a side between Israel and Palestine to worry about Ukraine. And those same people didn't even know there was a country called Sudan.

[@jay-t1030]

Why are the lives of people Ukraine worth more than the people in Sudan…is it because the people in Ukraine are Europeans?

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

@@BoldOne8760Sudan doesn’t get aid from the US government (unquestioningly). Israel does. That’s why what’s going on in Israel has the attention it does, and Sudan doesn’t, on top of the conflict threatening to rope in Iran. Sometimes things get a lot of attention for actual reasons and not just because someone wants to ignore someone else’s suffering.

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@bigbluebuttonman1137 Sudan has alao been at war, in some form or another, since the 1950's. 70 years is a long time. More than long enough for the rest of the world to grow disinterested and accustomed to Sudan being a hotbed for conflict. This is less a "nobody cares", and more of a "Yeah, what's new" scenario. It's hard to get people to care when it's the same story, year after year, for generations.

[@ninjacats1647]

@@bigbluebuttonman1137 You vastly underestimate the massive power of anti-semetism that is driving the anti-Israel discourse. There are plenty of countries doing things just as bad as Israel, yet they get a fraction of the criticism. That is the power of anti-semetism.

[@jacksonstarky8288]

Most people: "Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?" World leaders: "Shh. Watch your sports and stop worrying so much about things."

[@gavinvick3592]

Reminds me of Haiti. It’s not that people are ignoring it, it’s just that no one is talking about it or trying to spread the word. Looking at you News channels…

[@LeonMortgage]

I believe that's the definition of ignoring

[@chickensalad3535]

I guess a lot of people have no idea how to resolve conflicts that are this brutal and complicated. Most African wars have no side to root for.

[@antshaq1]

The UAE is backing the RAF

[@vallee7966]

Like Haiti, nothing can be done. It’s in the culture, and no one can change it.

[@J_Whalelover]

It also doesn't help that Palestine gets so much attention. There is only one front page on a newspaper or headline on a website.

[@onewingedangelsephiroth1561]

Simon's forcefully sucking in air every few seconds makes me anxious. He needs to chill so that I can too 😂

[@vantarinitel]

Oh noooo now I can hear it every time!!

[@VaanJoku]

MF me too ​@@vantarinitel

[@issawicheima8128]

Was wondering wth was making me anxious. Couldn’t keep up

[@davidgamble955]

He needs to slow down.

[@noahlee4774]

The issue with alot of these african conflicts is both sides (or more often 10's of sides/competing factions) regularly commit genocide, mass r*pes etc. Which makes it very difficult to help any side even if is just delivering food aid civilians under their area of control.

[@Smile200-z4y]

I mean israel and hamas arent really good either. Its only because gazans trapped there they are paying any attention to it. And even they're only getting a fraction of it.

[@Smile200-z4y]

A fraction of aid needed

[@Zenith118]

Can't blame Jews = no news

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@Smile200-z4ywhy keep sending aid workers, if they're going to get bombed for delivering food?

[@bw7754]

@@SkunkApe407why keep sending aid if Hamas sells it to its own people? Takes a real scum bag to accept FREE aid and then sell it to your own people. Both sides are trash.

[@ElGiggy]

This has been happening since at least 2016. My buddy guarded the embassy there, alot of bad things would happen just outside the wall and he wasn't allowed to do anything because the US did not want to pick a side.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

They were right. Any hint of the US picking a side would lead to every conspiracy nut blaming the US for everything.

[@fictionaddiction4706]

The US's proxy UAE is already there though. why should the US go in by themselves? All the Arab rulers are puppets.

[@Miaholmes4952]

People naturally ignore things that aren’t relevant to them.

[@DarkZodiacZZ]

That is certainly true. Just take a look how fast Finland went pro-NATO once the conflict in Ukraine started. Still, gotta be happy about the fact that so many people now share the world view I've had since late 90s.

[@LordOfSweden]

Well said!

[@LordOfSweden]

@@DarkZodiacZZ NATO is terrible

[@migspeculates]

because we have limited mental capacity. imagine having to worry about every single thing that is happening around the world right now. would you be able to handle it?

[@LordOfSweden]

@@DarkZodiacZZ NATO is not positive

[@farhanatoerien3437]

Madness. I attempted to listen to this while cooking but I can’t give it the full attention it needs like this. Great episode - I will listen again while lying down rather

[@Abdul-pz1sn]

My country is burning, my country is dying. This war started about a year ago and I was in Sudan a month before it started. Never did I imagine this would happen. Never did Sudan ever experience something like this. Our once beautiful capital city Khartoum is nothing but rubble and dust, Darfur is a sea of blood, and Al-Jazeera is in a never ending nightmare of rape and torment. My people don’t deserve this. They don’t deserve to be gunned down or raped or have their homes converted into military barracks. Never forget - the UAE is killing us. THE UAE IS KILLING THE SUDANESE PEOPLE.

[@Abdul-pz1sn]

@@Joejohnson17281YES. The fact that you’re shocked just shows me how much people don’t know about this war or what’s really happening. People see it as a war between the army and Rsf for power. But it’s more than that. The UAE are using the Rsf because they want Sudan and its recourses. Our gold, uranium, fertile land, strategic Red Sea port etc. research it.

[@javid_jared.2022]

and your country is almost forgotten because of hypocrites only caring about Gaza and not any other countries, such as Syria, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, etc.

[@Abdul-pz1sn]

@@javid_jared.2022But think about it. The Palestinians are suffering from genocide. That’s why everyone’s focusing on it the most. Tbh Sudan is also suffering from a similar thing because the Rsf have made it clear they want to wipe us all out. But what I mean is that there is a crucial reason why everyone is caring mostly about Gaza.

[@meme-wz5vs]

The same is true in Ethiopia. If we don't have Fano, UAEs plan was wider than this. Ethiopia will pray for Sudan. Hopefully UAEs hand, Abiy Ahmed will be thrown soon.

[@Abdul-pz1sn]

@@meme-wz5vs yes, unfortunately Abiy is a friend of the UAE and I fear for Ethiopia if this continues.

[@ComfortingColourlessLight]

It does not matter how many powers are going to get sucked into it, almost nobody outside of Sudan is emotionally attached to any of the fighting parties or victims.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Its warlords fighting each other. There is no good guy

[@patrickmunneke8348]

There never is actually good guys​@@AL-lh2ht

[@wadeday8706]

@@AL-lh2htTrue. From what I have been reading on Sudanese Social media the army is much more popular. Even tho neither are good most people in Sudan still want the lesser of 2 evils to prevail.

[@esobed1]

The emotional attachment to passage of global shipping through the Red Sea might be the thing that gets more attention for this region. Sad that human suffering isn't reason enough.

[@Dr.ZoidbergPhD]

I think the world, after so many decades of only hearing about war in Africa are just too tired to help. When we do help, we get attacked. When we don't, lambasted. It's a lose-lose situation (of course this is a gross oversimplification).

[@dubcoyote]

Some additional info, the RSF are the former janjaweed loyal to Bashir. They entered Khartoum during the civil revolution and killed around 100 protesters. The SAF entered the city and a deal was struck as the rsf were already embedded, it was appeasement. RSF refused to integrate pre elections resulting in the current war.

[@Thai5568]

Simon I just want to say I appreciate you and your team. You are my news channel. It now biased it's formative it's well written out your Grammer is amazing even though you say a lot of the words I do not understand and that's ok. You may talk about dark and horrible things but your channeled across the board bring light to my day and I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

It's the American writer's grammar mixed with an Englishman's attempts at pronunciation So all told, it is good, considering.

[@whatsupdoc84]

MMy husband is Ethiopian/Eritrean and was born in Sudan in 1983. His beautiful most amazing mother delivered him in a prison (she was caught leading Christian Bible studies) By late 1989 they were finally able to make it to America. They don’t talk about it much in detail, mentioning only occasionally the communist party or the famine. They prefer concentrating on the present, living their best lives here in the States. So I struggle to understand the details and time line on my own, and unfortunately after watching this video I’m more confused than I was before watching it. 😵‍💫

[@TestCase-lx3rt]

Shut up

[@maliusmaximus1428]

The optimist in me hopes that this video makes a positive impact The pessimist in me wonders if a series on top conflict locales for adventurers to eat before the location is catered wouldn't achieve the same. Thanks Simon for keeping the optimistic candle lit

[@mohamed_is_him]

Thank you for covering our conflict even though almost nobody cares, even Sudanese people themselves are starting to forget (the ones outside the country). Should've uploaded this yesterday on the 1 year anniversary of the war

[@Nat3ski]

What would you have us do, exactly?

[@mohamed_is_him]

@@Nat3ski did i ask of you anything ?

[@aesop2733]

Africa doesn't get a lot of coverage in western media. If they aren't white they don't really want us to care.

[@thomasjustice7514]

Stay strong! I hope you may find peace soon

[@julianmorrisco]

@@Nat3skiJust awareness is a start. Educating those of us in our, so far, safe European and American homes. The parties involved in Africa are extremely concerning and our people need to maintain awareness in case we are needed or, god forbid, dragged in.

[@utciadafcbournemouthpodcastema]

Absolutely love your work Simon keep it up!

[@ropersix]

The PBS Newshour in the US has been giving this some coverage over the last year, with more frequent stories recently.

[@musuku15]

Thanks for sharing this! Currently dealing with family stuck back home and banks are closed, can't send money or anything literally! Have to be savvy and workaround these issues so people can barely survive! Thanks again!!

[@patrickquinlan3056]

Thank you for covering this.

[@pindakaas4443]

4:17 his ppl are starving and he got all gold and glitters

[@Ludacar]

You give great information. Keep it up, you do good work!

[@madladonroids]

bro are you is are you is? I thought you was thought was you. So are is you? Or is you are is are you is now?

[@Popeye.Lebanon]

One of my closest friends is Sudanese from Omdurman, he’s a top man… He lived and worked in southern Lebanon for over 12 years….what’s happening in Sudan and Gaza is a catastrophe…. May God ease their pain 🇸🇩🇱🇧🇵🇸

[@sisofphil]

Thanks for covering this. One tragedy of the internet is how it hollowed out journalism and incentivized clickbait. Probably still wouldn’t get coverage, but it’s spooky how something like this is just invisible.

[@Ramschat]

Such conflicts were entirely invisible in decades past though At least now you can find channels such as this one, though we have a long way to go to get to truly worldwide media coverage

[@kevinrusch3627]

Legit question - if all the factions involved are monsters, what's the best thing for a very powerful outside country with a checkered history in such situations to do?

[@cpttankerjoe]

I honestly believe that Africa should be left to their own devices. They’ve received over 50 Marshall plans worth of aid from the west and nothing has ever come of it. They dont even keep or maintain anything that’s built for them. A couple years ago some Europeans came in to fix a bridge that the locals had been crossing with a rope. And when the bridge was complete and the Europeans left, the locals destroyed the bridge and began using the rope again.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Stay out of it. The countries of Africa whine about the West "interfering" in their continent so we'll let them sort this out.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Sudan doesn’t have anything the US needs. All we need is coltan and other semiconductor minerals to keep China at bay but we get those from Congo. We could send in mercs to steal the gold that’s supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine but that wouldn’t be very profitable for our PMCs. Ignoring Sudan and arming Ukraine is the best strategic move. If Kissinger or Brzezenski were alive today, I imagine that’s what they’d do.

[@yahiiia9269]

@@BiggieTrismegistus Sudanese people never once told America to stay out, nor did they have any anti-Western sentiment. I was literally there. Most of them were chillling outside under the stars, chilling. That was around 7 years ago. They even feed travelers and such. Not once felt or saw anti-Western sentiment. They even kept praising Germany when talking to my dad. These mental gymnastics where all of Africa is the same, is tiring. As if America and Europe aren't polarized into different factions in extremely comfortable environments. I think the West is evil. Having such a big mouth when 70% of gum Arabic used in coke and other soft drinks comes from Sudan. You don't appreciate anything these people have or do, you get so much from these people and then you turn around and flip the middle finger at your hallucination of a nation. War came to Europe already. And war usually spreads. So good luck being more sane than those people suffering there, mostly because European and American companies use and abuse their lands while paying them almost nothing.

[@saphironkindris]

@@yahiiia9269 I mean bro, you're saying the Sudanese don't have anti-western sentiment and you're claiming to be a supporter of their people but then in the same post you post a shit ton of anti-western sentiment. You're not doing a great job at convincing people to give them a chance.

[@neo-physics]

Thank you, so much, for making your content. On behalf of the world, bless you.

[@thormusique]

Well done! I think it's important for whoever has the wherewithal to remind the world that there are still other places in the world that deserve some attention. And it often happens that these other places are experiencing crises that sometimes make those covered in prevailing narratives pale in comparison. War is indeed hell, wherever it occurs. But it's true that there are powder kegs (like the situation in Sudan) that could affect wider regions and eventually world powers in ways most people would never expect. Cheers!

[@nata7536]

It's really interesting how every country mentioned in the involvement of this conflict was explored at least a little except the US.

[@OrcasPurpose]

Glad you brought this to the forefront! No one is talking about it at all!

[@JohnHeos-no1hg]

Simon, truly I appreciate the way you keep everyone aware of what’s going on in the world. I don’t know who writes your post but to start out like we should all be wringing our hands, freaking out about the Sudan. They have been in one form of conflict or another for the last 70 years, you could drop 10 billion dollars and 80 cargo ships of food and it would change the country one bit. I’m about to turn 50 this week and I can’t remember a time when the Continent of Africa wasn't on the border of some conflict, genocide, famine etc. I can almost tell you how this is going to play out, china is going to offer high interest loans to whoever is in power for mineral rights, land, water what have you, the country won’t be able to pay it back and they will lose everything and if it’s not the Chinese then it will be the Russians. This reminds me of the video you did about Haiti, it's been a screwed up situation and it will continue to be a screwed up situation. I hate to come off as a mean person but I frankly don’t care anymore. Nothing has changed

[@NegitoroIsBestShip]

There’s credits at the end of every video which lists writers/editors/producers.

[@johnhouston9764]

You misspoke when you said money and 80 cargo ships of food WOULD make a difference.

[@JohnHeos-no1hg]

My apologies, I mean wouldn’t have made any difference

[@hannahp1108]

You do come off as profoundly unempathetic and completely ignorant of the root problems caused by the US in these countries.

[@JohnHeos-no1hg]

Your right I don’t have 50 years of watching Africa put itself into a downward spiral and I’m not at all well read on these subject. I can think of a lot of countries that had a hand in the Continents failures, but to blame just the US makes you sound completely unaware of what’s been going on for decades.

[@mozeyad4573]

“If two fish are fighting in a river, a long-legged Englishman has just passed by.”

[@1mphamvu]

People have to start taking personal responsibility for their own evil deeds and stop pretending that foreigners are responsible for their own actions.

[@gudrun5531]

Thank you so much for giving an update on this. For the last year I keep praying for Sudan, knowing that the news is not being read by many people around the world. Even if the world forget, God sees every person and we need to care about all the innocent civilians. Though it is indeed difficult to see how we can help with the political situation from the outside.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

God huh, pff, inept af

[@blackdiamond952]

Thank you for this video and raising the awareness about Sudan.

[@Special_K_42069]

Love your work, Simon. Keep it up! 👍

[@NoMadKid]

The two waring factions aren’t popular and evil with the Sudanese. They are screwed either way.

[@Omisaide]

If one the Sudanese people can discard Arab identity, religion, unify mobilize against the West, the Saudis, and UAE

[@Omisaide]

#LongLiveNubia....may the Sudanese remember their greatness long before a Saudi/UAE oil empire was established by the west

[@piebit101]

Saudi Arabia and UAE are on opposing sides in this war, it's Saudi Arabia and Iran vs UAE and Russia​.@@Omisaide

[@RobinOnYew]

Imagine living in a country where every nation have a hand to gain from giving a warlord weaponry to fuck up your day to day.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

It's so sad.

[@SkunkApe407]

Imagine living in a country where any clown with a gun and an agenda can overthrow your joke of a government and prop himself up as a warlord.

[@finessegoddd]

Innocent civilians suffering because foreign powers treat their country like a game. What a terrible tragedy....

[@Edyime]

@@Pl-ax0 step 3 is pillage

[@Omisaide]

It's demonic to destroy people for financial gains...

[@mariondeason1032]

Puppet masters all over Africa, my empathy is with the women and children who ultimately suffers the most during wartime.

[@dannyvelez1012]

*during wartime in barbaric countries such as Sudan.

[@init_yeah]

Boys suffer too😅

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

What now? They're doomes

[@GARRY3754]

I agree. We all suffer from environmental degradation to witnessing the inequalities of our human species.

[@Phyt5]

And the men who suffer? Not every single man is a warlord in these countries

[@LMC232]

Sudan has been starving since I was a child and I'm 56 now. It's a hopeless cause

[@nykrev]

A few years ago the kids and i listened to a book called “a long walk to water” and it discusses the Sudan from two perspectives one being in the 1980’s during the beginning of the civil war (before South Sudan was a thing) And then again in 2009 with a fitting ‘closing’ with the previous perspective coming home to help provide clean water to a once “rival” community for him. It’s a good end imo. A shame that we’ve been reminded that the war has not ended

[@justbrowsing6327]

Conflicts like this are like quicksand, you stick your toe in trying to help, then get quickly sucked into a quagmire.

[@bhuvanteja7605]

I’m surprised Sudan hasn’t ceased to exist yet

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

As a functioning country it doesn't exist. It's just lines on a map.

[@xGUANdeLUPEx]

As is the case with most 'nation states', cut up by colonial powers and then abandoned or held hostage even after they supposedly leave. Africa is the worst example and the situation here isn't getting any better, especially as new colonisers have come, where their presence is corporations, and having dissarray is cheaper than functioning states that would tax them properly.

[@ez_company9325]

@@xGUANdeLUPEx we can most likely classify this theory as mistaken. Do the lines that were forced onto Africa help with stability? most definitely not.... are corporations actively inducing chaos in order to make money? more importantly, does uncivilized chaos induce more profit than stability in the region would? Yea right.... if such things are happening, it wouldnt be the colonizers, it would be the enemy of the colonizers here to try to steal their turf, deny them profits, and if possible, wreck the market and loot whats left. If the Africans that live on the continent would be so much better without foreign interference, then all they need to do is put together a functioning group of some sort to regulate, legislate and if necessary ventilate trespassers for a decade or two. If that is somehow entirely impossible... perhaps Africa could use some help after all?

[@davianoinglesias5030]

The only reason it exists is because neighbouring countries protect their borders with Sudan😅

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

@@xGUANdeLUPEx Corporations don't like disarray. They'd much rather have stability and know the environment they'll be working in in the future.

[@DAFORCEFilms]

Nobody’s talking about it because this just seems to be business-as-usual for Sudan, let alone most of Africa. That country has had at least three civil wars since the 1950s, and that’s not mentioning constant tribal conflicts and international conflicts with its neighbors. It’s sad, but most people just expect Sudan to be tearing itself apart in a genocidal war when anyone hears about it, because it usually is.

[@octaviawinter9768]

you shouldn’t feel comfortable being disensitized because people are dying right now. this conflict may have been going for a long time and you might be neutral about that, but there are real human beings beyond the fog. My friend’s father got stabbed by the RSF when he heard a sound outside his home. she wailed and sobbed and screamed for days. fine, don’t care about the conflict but care about the people within it.

[@TheLastSongbird124]

I'm a Brit living in a small central town in Portugal. In the last 6 weeks there has been a noticable influx of Sudanese assylum seekers, both Christians and Muslims! Although I'm an avid reader and searcher of reliable info re golbal politics, this is the first time I've heard the history and wider story of Sudan. So thank you very much......I think? It's much more potentially significant than I realised, containing more complex facets and external influences than I was aware of. Must be honest, I'm in my 70s and am glad I'm in my final years, I would not want to live in the world that's coming soon!

[@davidgamble955]

I was born in 1945. I agree

[@CK1000ism]

The disporportionate attention given to Palestinians when so many other countries suffer ten times more makes it seem so much of this has nothing to do with the victim or actual loss and everything to do with who is perceived to be the aggressor. The fact that the UN has one refugee organization and a different definition of who even qualifies as a refugee for Palestinians and a separate one for the entire rest of the world is just one example of this. Meanwhile, millions continue to die because they don't fit conveniently into an approved narrative that can be reduced to simple slogans.

[@iVardensphere]

Someone adjusted the compression on your vocals. Your inhales are far more amplified than normal.

[@Invertmini1212]

When i was coming home from Tanzania Africa I met a gentleman from Sudan who was heading to Arizona who got a full ride scholarship and told me that his country has never seen moments where they're not killing one another and struggling for food and water..He said ever since he was little, its all hes ever known. He didnt even know how to open his meal on the plane and his face seeing the food he was served.. It broke my heart, he said he was chosen out of 15,000 applications...

[@madladonroids]

bro how many alligators and kangaroos did you eat in 2023?

[@johnbox271]

Sudan Population 1950 6,191,323 2024 49,358,228 That can easily put stress on resources, unless a country is properly managed.

[@HildaWalters-di7xc]

Please whoever can help please get our people out of Sudan they can't afford to pay to get away from there help them please do much war going on there 😢

[@fangslaughter1198]

My brother worked seismic in the South part of Sudan. Before SSudan separated. He worked on the Nile. He loved it. There was so many uprisings he hardly ever worked. They fished. They had a well stocked bar where they entertained UN female aids and nurses, they would pick them up in the company helicopters. Russian, with Russian pilots

[@rackedbound1648]

Is anyone else tired worrying about these Stone Age beefs and tribal wars? The human cost is tremendous but I don’t think there’s an outside solution.

[@georgehill9959]

Indeed

[@fictionaddiction4706]

Stone age beliefs? hahaha UAE/ Aka USA and Izzra wants their gold and lithium. this isn't a religious war. they just happen to be poor people with wealth. Like a beautiful wosman who can't be safe because she can't protect herself. In this case beauty is her curse.

[@INeedJesus4sure]

Thank you for covering this war, I hate how so many conflicts, especially in the global south, is ignored in media.

[@Indlovu402]

This is the most complex war ever, even with all that explanation I am still lost.😵‍💫I Still have a lot to learn about Sudan.

[@Magnus-Insomnium13]

Dealing with antisemitic people calling what's happening in Israel a tragedy, but when you ask them what they think about sudan or Myanmar they give this blank stare. They don't care about people they just want to be perceived to care and to feel good about themselves.

[@xenon6947]

Because US doesn’t give billions of dollar free money to Sudan or Myanmar but Apartheid Israel. Israel which steal native Palestinians land in West Bank.

[@mgigachad3170]

"anti-Semitic" people the irony that this comes from a German guilt tripped into thinking the Zionist way of thinking is right.

[@flothepro6889]

Is it possible to get a list of sources you used? I want to read into this further because I have not really heard about this conflict before.

[@HKim0072]

Just Google it. Articles will pop up.

[@mobitrain3359]

​@@HKim0072nowadays on Google the search system is trash. Plus a bunch of misinformation may come up, or it may just be difficult to navigate such a large amount of information. It's totally fair to ask for sources to try to get some guidance into understanding things more

[@meaghanorlinski8464]

Sometimes I think about the South African law team literally flying over Sudan on their way to the UN to fight for Gaza. I’m glad they did it for Gaza.. but why not say something on behalf of their own African Union member? We don’t hear about it because no news outlets or NGOs are allowed in at all.

[@messiahspeople]

The South African ANC government didn't do it for Gaza. They did it because they were bankrupt and needed money to fund their election campaign in May. Iran obliged if they would act as proxy, and now they're flush with money again. What a coincidence. A few years ago when Bashir, the warlord of Sudan, was in South Africa and wanted by the ICC, the ANC smuggled him out in a private jet. The only way to help Gaza is to get rid of Hamas.

[@annemcguiggan6284]

Total hypocrisy world wide protests against Israel and hardly a mention anywhere about the genocide in Sudan. Where are the Sunni islamists? Not helping their fellow Sunni’s. Where is the UN, Nowhere to be seen or heard.

[@dunric88]

Maybe because they don’t give a f neither about their African neighbors, about Gaza or their own country? It just happened so Gaza conflict was the one who they got payed for 🎉

[@Rabiu-yy8xj]

Yes , it's essentially a power struggle between 2 factions of the so called Sudanese armed forces. But it's a lot more than just an infighting. The vast majority of the Sudanese people - those you so casualty dismissed as animist - are the real and historic victims of two dominant and aspiring forces of colonialism, domination and ethno-tribal and quasi-religious supremacy. The RSF is merely a continuation of the murderous and barbaric Janjaweed movement out of Darfur and, is nothing but the umbrella body for the internal colonization of the Sudan by the Fulani/Fulo tribal groups. This movement goes back to the 18th century following the triumphalism engendered by the success of the Dan Fodio jihad that seized and colonized Hausaland in present day Northern Nigeria. The other side of the equation are forces of the so-called Arabs that are equally committed and a continuation of the Arab/Muslim colonization and ethno-tribal, jingoistic and supremacist domination of the Sudan going all the way back to the British colonial invasion of the Sudan and the alliance with Egypt by the British . And, you have some Africans who are confused, having lost their identity and historical memory, who see themselves as Arabs - all thrown into the mix that is the chaos and disaster called Sudan. If you want to talk about a land and it's people at least have the courtesy to know the real African owners of the land and their history enough to be able to talk intelligently about them rather than this Eurocentric hubris and ignorance exhibited in this piece. This is not to dismiss the geo political analysis here. It's the superficial and ill -informed mental attitude that is unacceptable

[@Dr.looksmaxxer]

The fact that communication in sudan is cut alone telling us how bad the situation is , its like this piece of land is now isolated from the world

[@devinholcomg4664]

Excellent Chanel. Thank you to Simon and your staff.

[@Foolishem]

Can the sound mixer please scoop out the EQ of the sound of Simon’s quick little breaths, they are so loud it’s almost like they’re emphasised.

[@akend4426]

All Sudan has know since independence is Civil War, Strife, and ethnic conflict. It’s really depressing.

[@zurielsss]

From the likes of it, civil war and race wars is all it knew before European colonisation as well

[@elmrsey]

Video summary The video highlights the ongoing civil war in Sudan, which is one of the biggest crises in the world. Despite its magnitude, the conflict receives little media attention. Multiple world powers, including UAE, Iran, and Russia, are involved in Sudan's proxy war. The conflict has caused a humanitarian nightmare, displacing millions and leading to widespread destruction. The historical context of Sudan's civil wars and ethnic conflicts in Darfur contribute to the complexity of the current conflict. Major powers' involvement, such as UAE's support for the RSF and Iran's supply of weapons to the SAF, further exacerbate the situation. The potential consequences and wider implications of Sudan's conflict are significant, with the risk of regional instability and a collapse similar to Libya. Overall, the video sheds light on the importance of understanding and addressing Sudan's crisis. 🌍 Sudan's civil war is one of the biggest crises in the world 00:00:00 🔇 Media silence on the war in Sudan 00:12:00 🌍 Multiple world powers involved in Sudan's proxy war 00:50:00 🌍 Sudan's ongoing disaster and humanitarian nightmare 01:18:00 🌍 Sudan's conflict has zero impact on the world stage 02:28:00 🌍 A quick overview of Sudan's civil war 03:42:00 🌍 The historical context of Sudan's civil wars 06:15:00 🌍 Ethnic conflict and genocidal campaign in Darfur 07:32:00 🌍 Tensions and hatreds fueling Sudan's current conflict 09:56:00 🌍 Involvement of major powers in Sudan's conflict 11:58:00 🌍 UAE's role in Sudan's conflict 13:38:00 🌍 Iran's involvement in Sudan's conflict 16:25:00 🌍 Russia's role in Sudan's conflict 19:03:00 🌍 Libya's involvement in Sudan's conflict 20:32:00 🌍 Potential consequences and wider implications of Sudan's conflict 21:39:00

[@jasonhorton4778]

It’s easy to ignore “civil war” because it’s considered an “in house” conflict that should be allowed work itself out, it isn’t right.but explains why conflicts between countries or sovereign states gets so much more attention.

[@MaskedUpActivities]

I pray for my country ☹️❤️

[@user-yr3om5lx2y]

Simon Simon, the real reason no one reads about it is because we wait for you to do a video.

[@roykay4709]

Thank you for this. It is confusing and I wish I saw a way to end it peacefully.

[@MattCarvin]

Once you start hearing Simon’s sharp inhales, you can never un-hear them.

[@DrumRaisin]

Thank you for this amazing video❤

[@multiyapples]

I just hope Sudan finds peace and freedom.

[@PeterLaughton]

That won't happen Unless England colonizes Sudan again.

[@thecelticfreerider]

Cracking job Simon 🤙

[@TastyBadger]

Everytime any African region erupts in war Islam is at the core of the brutality and suffering of the people caught in the horror show.

[@Cedawood]

Mohamadians 😢

[@TastyBadger]

@sTraYa249 agreed. I use the modern term so the uneducated and willfully ignorant may follow along.

[@georgehill9959]

Exactly

[@ruthgoldbergives6945]

❤Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. After the fall of Kush, the Nubians formed three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia, with the latter two enduring until around 1500. Between the 14th and 15th centuries, Arab nomads settled much of Sudan, leading to extensive Islamization between the 16th and 19th centuries. Following Egyptian occupation early in the 19th century, an agreement in 1899 set up a joint British-Egyptian government in Sudan, but it was effectively a British colony. Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since Sudan gained independence from Anglo-Egyptian co-rule in 1956. During most of the second half of the 20th century, Sudan was embroiled in two prolonged civil wars rooted in northern domination of the largely non-Muslim, non-Arab southern portion of the country. The first civil war ended in 1972, but another broke out in 1983. Peace talks gained momentum in 2002-04, and the final North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 granted the southern rebels autonomy for six years, followed by a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan. South Sudan became independent in 2011, but Sudan and South Sudan have yet to fully implement security and economic agreements to normalize relations between the two countries. Sudan has also faced conflict in Darfur, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile starting in 2003.😊 Sincerely Me

[@davidnews3868]

Thanks for bringing attention to the narrow media coverage of world conflicts.

[@SmokeyJoe42098]

The fact that this channel has to censor itself just to be able to explain what’s happening IS the problem. The fact that the broader world is too sensitive to be able to talk about rape and murder happening is the problem that allows it to continue

[@testuser2709]

I don’t hear about Syria (that has probably killed the most people this century) or Libya (or what’s happening with their food/dam issue) either

[@wadeday8706]

I am from Libya. The situation is Libya currently is calm. Libya is split into 2 rival governments and the conflict is now a frozen conflict. ISIS has been completely defeated. The food situation is good, despite the war libya is still one of the richest in Africa because of oil wealth and low population. However recently there is a lot of talk about increased American activity in Western Libya to rival Wagner in East Libya. There are fears of America-Russian proxy war, whoever that’s pure speculation. With regards to the Dam. The city effected is being rebuilt.

[@saphironkindris]

Syria has definitely taken a backseat to newer wars, but I used to hear about it quite a lot in the pre Ukraine war era.

[@LaurenCheriSOCFI]

I am still traumatized from daring to look at pictures of Syria in 2016 back when these things were still heavily censored and I had to dig a little to find all the pictures of bombings like we see blasted everywhere on social media of Gaza now. I am still traumatized before that by the collapse of Rana Plaza which killed 1000 people and injured 3000 people gravely in one day because of sweat shop working conditions people were locked inside of. That was my senior year of fashion school and it still destroys me that everyone stopped caring after 2 months of rana plaza and nothing changed for the better.

[@IoriYagami-p8m]

Thanks Simon! This is great journalism

[@oldschool9932]

Thank you Simon and Team for covering the conflict that no one else will.

[@anarchist_parable]

When I saw Sudan in the headline, I remembered all of the "Save Darfur" campaigns when I was in middle school

[@SagesFury]

For people who wonder how the rawanda genocide went by with out a hiccup.... Stories like these make me realiser how... Especially pre internet..

[@cantsay2205]

When a war has been raging for around 30 years, people are bound to stop caring. "An African country is at war" and California is next to the Pacific Ocean, what else is new?

[@Ayinde65]

When outside entities draws your borders without input from local ethniticies, war will result. How long have Europeans been at war (still ongoing in the eastern part of the continent) to draw their own borders?

[@cantsay2205]

@@Ayinde65 have some damn self control. Nobody is making you guys rape and kill each other. Act like the independent countries you want to be or else you aren't ready for the responsibilities of independence. It's like watching a toddler shriek "I do myself!" when they're clearly incapable.

[@cantsay2205]

@@Ayinde65 why tf doesn't Asia have the same issues? Fix your BS.

[@GFYWORLD]

@@cantsay2205 Some Asian countries do have similar issues. Pakistan and India come to mind. Additionally, their colonial legacies are different. For example, their borders weren’t rearranged nearly as much.

[@cantsay2205]

@@GFYWORLD they were broken before the British even got there, just like Africa was.

[@SuiLagadema]

It't not that we ignore, is that we can't keep up with the skirmishes, civil wars, wars, gang wars, and all the different types of conflicts in the world. I'm a paramedic, do you really think I get home and think "I'll tune on youtube to see more violence and human suffering" or "I need to try to sleep more than 3hrs"

[@railroadforest30]

The news doesn’t report it but they report constantly about the war in Gaza

[@AJYahye]

Thanks for your truthful information ❤

[@End_Orca_Captivity]

It's a recurring theme - 'After the British left Sudan...' 'After the British left India...'. 'After the British left Palestine...' 'After the British left Sri Lanka...' The pattern becomes clear. We know what horrors come next.

[@Paul-xm6pl]

They return to tribalism and warlords just look at Haiti.

[@Mokachokolotta]

100% I would highly recommend reading "Season of Migration to the North". A fantastic novel which delves into post colonial Sudan and the protracted civil war the English left in their wake

[@Seth-MAD-man]

United be one enemy

[@ianshaver8954]

The Russo Ukrainian war is worth our attention because its impact sends economic shockwaves around the globe. Ukraine is a large food exporter, and Russia is a large exporter of many things. The Russo-Ukrainian war will affect your life. The Israel Gaza war will not affect your life, economically, because the Gaza Strip produces almost nothing of value. But the Muslims and Jews killing each other is something a lot of people feel invested in. The Sudanese civil war isn’t that economically significant to the powers that matter, and the reality that both sides are equally scum generals fighting to preserve their power makes it hard to empathize with either side.

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

Israel is an ally to the West so that's a reason to care. It's also directly tied to an enemy (Iran) so it affect us.

[@zephyr8072]

That shouldn’t change the fact that innocents are suffering. I mean unless all the people wailing about innocents in Gaza are just performative liars chasing clout.

[@lansvale28]

It’s not just the powers who don’t care. Africans did care either.

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

@@lansvale28 Dont you mean, Africans DON'T care either ?

[@octaviawinter9768]

Sudan is the biggest exporter of arabic gum, it also exports oil, gold, and many other things. please do the bare minimum of research. Also you shouldn’t feel comfortable being disensitized because people are dying right now. this conflict may have been going for a long time and you might be neutral about that, but there are real human beings beyond the fog. My friend’s father got stabbed by the RSF when he heard a sound outside his home. she wailed and sobbed and screamed for days. fine, don’t care about the conflict but care about the people within it.

[@sreed7637]

I’ve been praying for the Sudanese people!

[@gailcarey3597]

120,000 Armenian Christians were starved to death last September. Crickets.

[@JackHawkinswrites]

Sudan is far from my home and truly is not my responsibility or problem. Sudanese versus Sudanese is a Sudanese problem

[@TravelwithRichardandJudy]

We were in Sudan in November of 2022 a few months before the war broke out and traveled from the frontier with Egypt to Khartoum overland for 10 days. We have many videos on our channel showing what an amazing country Sudan is.