Why is no one talking about the war in Sudan?

Ukraine barely gets a mention now. I wouldn't expect Sudan to get a peep out of RTE news.

Africa might as well be on another planet to some people.

many other countries are much closer and far more capable of helping.

we are dot sized geographically and economically. and far away.

the oil states could probably end much of it with a chequebook.

given what they spend on vanity projects.

We are sick to death of hearing about "our international obligations" from people who have never been to the third world.

@markodaly have you ever been a member of the Defence Forces overseas or volunteered to do a stint with an NGO in one of these places? You remember some Irish girl who was taken hostage with her interpreter in Ethiopia about 10 years back? Had to get the Ranger Wing to rescue her? Ever hear of the Irish army out in Chad with 3 minute showers and recycling the water?

Its very brave of you volunteering everyone else for all cesspits that you wouldnt go within an asses roar of. You have a very short memory of two Irish peace keepers being dragged out of vehicles and one of them killed.

Very good of you volunteering Irish citizens for dangerous missions with no interest for Ireland.

Oh yeah. Sudan is the largest country in Africa. Remember how the American Rangers had to be rescued in Somalia by Pakistani UN peacekeepers? Irish Defences forces are 60% understrenght. God help us if we ever needed to call up the Defence Forces for a domestic event.

Someone asked this last month so I'll just copy and paste what I said there since I'm not sure people know, or think it's on a level playing field in terms of journalism.

There are journalists physically in places like Israel/Ukraine. Journalists struggle to get visas to physically get into Sudan in the first place. Both sides of the conflict are tightly controlling the borders.

Even if they do get in, telephone/internet communications are frequently cut for long periods of time and satellite usage makes those fighting very suspicious of you. Local journalists are getting tortured/jailed if they're not reporting the war in favour of one side or another. There are no press corridors like they have in Gaza/Ukraine.. So logistically even if you win the lotto and get physically inside the country, it's a nightmare to report from.

Egypt wouldnt let them through the Suez Canal. Would they all take the slow boat there?

What a load of nonsense.

Humanity has only endured for half a million years precisely because we are a resilient species and we are actually made to cope, adapt, overcome.

If wars around the World are badly affecting your mental health, then that very much sounds like a you problem, and you should probably get some therapy.

On the specific issue of war in Sudan, my view would be that factions and ordinary people in Sudan / South Sudan have had decades of support and assistance from the global community in peacemaking, advice and aid, and yet they cannot overcome their own fanaticism and blood-thirst.

And so they should be left to it. Or at least be left to the African Union to deal with.

But of course it will only create more mass movement of people who will become involved with traffickers and transported illegally to become Europe's problem. Again.

Its as simple as this, any conflict with an easy preset goodies and baddies is much easier to report on, complicated to understand with numerous baddies doesn't get as much attention. I am not being disrespectful to anyone living in a war situation.

Well this predictably has turned into a Gaza thread. There's a thread already to discuss that.

Let them at it.

They have been murdering each other for years over there - the place is a absolute backwards sh*thole and anyone who thinks peacekeepers of any western/EU nation should get involved is as dumb as bricks.

Doesn't even affect us so we shouldn't worry at all, any and all past given aid, resources is wasted - look at all the good it has done so far.