Lil KJun 19, 2024
Christopher Mims
I think it's a measure of how skewed is our attention economy that I'm an avid news consumer and I'm only just learning that 2.5 million Sudanese could be dead of starvation by the end of the summer

https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/genocide-survivors-in-darfur-are-caught-in-another-brutal-battle-d729b143?mod=hp_listb_pos2
May 31, 2024 at 6:34pmWeb
Show threadChristopher MimsMay 31, 2024
"In the year since civil war broke out, fighting in Sudan has left more than eight million people displaced—a number far greater than the displacement in Gaza and nearly on par with Ukraine...

But chances are you’ve heard little about this conflict or the other security tensions throughout East Africa given the lack of traditional media coverage or social media buzz in the United States."

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/sudan-is-an-abject-disaster-is-anyone-listening/
Sudan is an abject disaster. Is anyone listening?

US efforts in Sudan are not working. Additional visibility and attention can hopefully bring about solutions.

Atlantic Council
Show threadChristopher MimsMay 31, 2024
Why Is the World Ignoring a Looming Genocide in Sudan?

"...the prospect of genocide again looms in Sudan amid an explosive new civil war. But this time, there are no rallies, no A-list celebrities, no calls for outside military intervention. Few world leaders pay anything more than lip service to condemning the atrocities."

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/28/sudan-war-genocide-el-fasher-humanitarian-aid-crisis/
Sudan Civil War: Crisis in El Fasher Overshadowed by Gaza, Ukraine

Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city.

Foreign Policy
Show threadJ Emory ParkerMay 31, 2024
Similar: I only learned that New Delhi hit 52°C bc I randomly flipped on BBC News the other day. That’s crazy, I can’t believe more people weren’t talking about that.