Nonilex

A team of #CNN #journalists, including chief international correspondent #ClarissaWard, was recently #detained by a #militia for 48 hours while on a reporting trip in the #Darfur region of #Sudan.

Ward recounted her team’s experience in a first-person essay for CNN on Wednesday.

#geopolitics #journalism #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/africa/darfur-sudan-crisis-militia/index.html

‘The world doesn’t see us:’ What a militia chief said while holding me captive in Darfur

The civil war in Sudan is a cruel confluence of hunger, displacement and disease. A CNN news crew saw the complexities of the conflict first-hand.

CNN
Oct 23, 2024 at 6:45pmWeb
Show threadNonilexOct 23, 2024

“We had come to #Darfur to report on the world’s worst #HumanitarianCrisis, never intending to become part of the story.

“But months of planning came apart in moments when we were #detained by a #militia led by the man…called the general.

“‘La tasweer! La tasweer!’ (‘Don’t film! Don’t film!’) the general shouted, his eyes flashing w/anger, jaw clenched as he stormed towards us. …fighters hopped off the back of the militia’s lead truck, fanning out around our vehicle, their rifles drawn.”