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To wonder why there isn’t more uproar about Sudan?

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AngeloMysterioso · 26/07/2025 12:40

Sudan- where the actual worst humanitarian crisis in the world is happening right now. War, starvation, displacement of millions of people, suffering on a scale like nowhere else in the world. And yet it’s being virtually ignored. There have been maybe half a dozen threads about Sudan on mumsnet in the last year or so, compared with dozens discussing Israel/Gaza. On social media, for every one post I see mentioning Sudan, I have probably seen 20 or more about Gaza. Save The Children, for example, has posted seventeen times about Gaza in the past month and only once about Sudan.

Why? Why is Sudan being ignored while such a glaring light is being shone on Gaza? Is it because there are no Jewish people to blame for the Sudanese conflict? Or because the people suffering are black?

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Wareart · 26/07/2025 12:48

Also UK allies aren't politically enmeshed wrt Sudan. What happens in Gaza and Israel has global ramifications for countries that we have political and economic ties to/beef with.

AutumnFoxe · 26/07/2025 12:45

Bang on the money op. No jewish people to blame in sudan so they dont give a shit.

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 26/07/2025 12:43

Bang on the money with your first hypothesis for me.

Also, lots more people in the West, especially Europe, who have a natural affiliation to Gaza than for Sudan