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UN official says Sudan’s war has killed at least 20,000 people
AP News ^ | September 8, 2024 | Samy Magdy

Posted on 09/09/2024 4:51:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway

More than 16 months of war in Sudan has killed more than 20,000 people, a senior United Nations official said Sunday, a grim figure amid a devastating conflict that has wrecked the northeastern African country.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, gave the tally at a news conference in Sudan’s Red Sea city of Port Sudan, which serves as the seat of the internationally recognized, military-backed government. He said the death toll could be much higher.

“Sudan is suffering through a perfect storm of crisis,” Tedros said as he wrapped up his two-day visit to Sudan. “The scale of the emergency is shocking, as is the insufficient action being taken to curtail the conflict.” Sudan was plunged into chaos in April last year when simmering tensions between the military and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open warfare across the country. bm

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; sudan; war

1 posted on 09/09/2024 4:51:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Not our problem.


2 posted on 09/09/2024 4:54:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wait until they start importing them by the 10s of 1000s to red states.


3 posted on 09/09/2024 4:55:37 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: HYPOCRACY

We are being governed by lunatics.


4 posted on 09/09/2024 4:56:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“ Not our problem”
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Nope. And, above all, THEY’RE NOT OUR FRIGGIN’ REFUGEES!


5 posted on 09/09/2024 5:10:17 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: nickcarraway

20K+ Black Lives that apparently, did not really matter, and in the Sudan, of all locations.


6 posted on 09/09/2024 5:39:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

Just another 50,447,278 to go


7 posted on 09/09/2024 5:54:06 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: nickcarraway

See what happens when you cast off your colonial “shackles”?


8 posted on 09/09/2024 6:10:48 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: nickcarraway

Arab supremacists committing genocide far more than Israel but this news is ignored.


9 posted on 09/09/2024 6:37:11 PM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: lonestar67

No jews. No news.


10 posted on 09/09/2024 6:58:33 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Levy78

So? Who cares?


11 posted on 09/09/2024 9:14:40 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: nickcarraway

Sudan has been like this for probably 100 years.
Bush41 filled MN with “refugees” and destroyed the state.


12 posted on 09/10/2024 7:23:48 AM PDT by Zathras
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