Sudan: the Proxy War the World is Ignoring 

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.

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.

The censorship of RU-vid has gotten ridiculous. Saying a word is not condoning the action.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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…

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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. 😵‍💫

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

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

A country with basically no significant infrastructure and hardly any world exports, has constant internal conflict since basically the 1950s and you want global players to get involved, to what, clean up the mess and shoulder the financial burden? Nah, but thanks for the offer 🤣

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

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

I wonder what percentage of armed conflicts in the past 50 years involved Islam.

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?

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

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.

The narrator didn't mentioned US name in the list of countries involved. Was it mistake or fact?😮

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.

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

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

Bad research, or ignorance derived from religiously repeating the mantra of every problem in Africa is due to colonialism. Sudan is actually one of the countries in Africa not affected by colonialism's bad borders. Prior to the British the entire territory with roughly the same external borders was controlled by Egypt which is a local power, the only border Sudan has that is "colonial" is the one up north with present day Egypt when the British separated/liberated Sudan from Egyptian domination/oppression. The border with Egypt is unnaturally straight but cuts mostly through empty desert territory so no human conflicts are really caused by this, just to illustrate how undramatic this border is you can highlight that there are technically unclaimed territory between the two countries. Victimizing Sudan and blaming colonialism in this way is not just blatantly false, it is also dangerous because you are creating a totally unnecessary conflict from nothing. So all conflicts in Sudan is due to internal strife and no colonial borders was involved, if any borders are to blame it would be the older locally produced Egyptian, Arabic and Muslim ones.

Libya is not "the size of Massachusetts" : it is about 65 times bigger, or 4 times the size of California ! Sudan is not "the size of Massachusetts and California together" : it is about 70 times the size of Massachusetts and almost 5 times the size of California !

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

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

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

ReLiGioN oF PeAcE

I'll be honest, I've given up trying to pay attention to any war(s) in Africa. I only have so much attention to give and it seems like there's never NOT at least 3-5 ongoing wars or ethnic cleansings at any one time in Africa. When wars keep going for 50+ years, with everyone switching sides all the time and no 'good guys' ever seeming to exist, at some point you just have to let them figure it out themselves. What else are we going to do? Invade and keep all these countries under police state like surveillance to make sure everyone plays nice? Some of these African countries have more regime changes than there are years. I don't mean to sound callous but it's just too much.

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.

Welcome to islam in Africa.

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

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

Let the African Union handle it.

Sudan? Where is that? What about the new Taylor Swift album?? Now that’s something to pay attention to!

Absolutely love your work Simon keep it up!

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.

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.

So, surely with hardship comes ease. Surely with hardship comes more ease ~ Qur’an 94:6

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

I haven't been this early since Simon had hair

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

What ARE you doing with your breathing???

Those poor women can’t do anything but watch their children perish 😢

Thanks to Ethiopia and UAE for destroying Sudan.

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

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

They need to ask Israel to send some soldiers there. Than the whole world media would cover it.

Kings do the fighting, Peasants do the dying

The Empire never let this happen. A few religious shenanigans locally. But generally things were improving for local people.

I just hope Sudan finds peace and freedom.

the war in Sudan sounds like an Ubisoft plotline except it's real...

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.

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?

Not to undermine the point of the video, but we're living in some systemically backwards technocratic idiocracy when a video about an extremely deadly war has to censor the word "raped" or else the advertisers will have a conniption. Can't say the word, but talking about it is okay!

lol he tries to make us think Abu Dhabi is going against US wishes loool

I pray for my country ☹️❤️

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.

Thank you for covering this.

Like the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Sudan suffers from an identity crisis. A lot of the North Sudanese are Black people who consider themselves to be Arab. It is this identity crisis that is at the root of the conflict. If a random outsider met Omar Al Bashir for the first time by appearance they would consider him to be African rather than Arab. Even if you look at the so-called Janjaweed how many of them even look remotely similar to the Arabs of the middle east. Calling themselves Arabs due to some long lost ancestor just sounds ridiculous.

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.

One word UAE

Who in their right mind would want to go to Darfur, to cover the latest insanity? Or even better, take a scenic drive though the streets of Khartoum? Love ya Simon,, From the Bronx.

Ill just say it...the race of the people seems to have more to do with how much attention is paid to things

I think the world has just gotten used to warlords warlording in Africa. Its the same thing happening in every African country since they got so called "Independence". Warlords, tribalism, slavery, genocide, ethnic cleansing, etc. South Africa was the one true shining hope on the continent when Apartheid ended (to some South Africans) and Mandela took over once again. Barely 30 years later Johannesburg is not much better than Mogadishu. Now Russia and China are exploiting the continent using PMC Wagner, Frontier Services Group and other Mercenary/ PMC Contractors for Natural resources. Bribing whatever Warlord is currently in charge with money in exchange for exploitation of natural resources. Meanwhile the warlords live like King Jaffe Joffer and the people starve and kill each other over COT and garbage. Most of the countries (especially Sub-Saharan) are very rich in Oil, gold, lithium, cobalt, and of course Diamonds. Wouldn't it be great if they had the ability to self govern and take advantage of all the natural resources to make African countries into a modern paradise. The continent would be a global trade powerhouse. But they cant even get villages to get along with one another. let alone different tribes, regions, religions, or countries. After British, Belgian, French, left or were forced out (Rhodesia, SA, Congo, Etc) Cuba with Che Guevarra , and Russia tried to gain power there. Now its Russia again and China with the "New Silk rd" or Belt and Rd initiative. Africa holds a special place in my heart. I spent a lot of time there in the Mid 1990's. Its an amazing place and most of the people are very wonderful. Its so sad what is going on. "Africa is the most beautiful place I've ever been, and the ugliest place I've ever seen, human life means absolutely nothing there"...Me.

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

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!

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.

Who are the Sudanese, is it a people and a country - or is it many different peoples (ethnicities) and multiple cultures and societies? So who do you support and why do you support them? - and should it be my problem?

Invisible because allot of money paied to make that way,,,, But This Shall Pass Too,,,, Our Country still standing,,, thank you

ngl I totally forgot these guys were fighting all this time

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

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!!

How many Jews are in Sudan? You don't hear about it bc nobody is blaming Jews. We also don't hear about Syria, the Uighers, or even Pakistan and India fighting over Kazmir.

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

It's not covered, because it's expected. The world expects Sudan to be that way...because it is. By the way, April marks 30 years since Rwanda.

I’ve been praying for the Sudanese people!

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

Hay que acabar con el negocio de las armas en el mundo, por favor.

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"

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

Yknow, the last ruler of Libya predicted something like this should he be overthrown....