The Sudan Genocide: Why It’s More Dangerous To Carry A Camera There Than A Weapon

By Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo Photos: Zeteo\YouTube Screenshots Life in war-torn Sudan grows even more dire each day. More than 11 million people have now been displaced as the conflict has ravaged that nation, unleashing intense violence and pushing its people to the brink of starvation. The genocide continues to go unchecked as the nation’s armed forces fight a brutal war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group supported by, among others, the United Arab Emirates. Sudanese artist and producer Khalid Albaih tells Mehdi in the conversation above, “It’s basically a displacement; a huge displacement situation, a crisis. We have a health crisis. We have epidemics, like a lot of cholera right now is turning up. There’s not enough hospitals for everyone. It’s a really bad situation in all areas of Sudan and even in the safe areas where the army is located.” But the RSF have not only unleashed a brutal attack on the Sudanese people — they have also targeted Sudanese journalists, creating a media blackout that has prevented reporting about the genocide from reaching the rest of the world. “It’s incredibly hard to find any source of credible news,” Albaih explains. “It’s more dangerous...