Media Failure

The forgotten nature of Sudan's war is itself an atrocity. As one journalist noted:

1. "Because this is an African war, there is a sense in which events in Africa are sometimes very peripheral to the international media houses."
2. "If you ask one out of 10 people in any country in Africa, they don't know what is happening in Sudan."
3. "African media houses do not have the capacity to have people on the ground, they don't have the financial capacity to actually report these things in the manner that they ought to be reported."

Major Western media outlets (CNN, BBC, France TV, Deutsche Welle) rarely cover Sudan because "from where they sit it is not a country that has a lot of strategic significance for them."

Journalistic Obstacles

Unlike in Gaza, where there are embedded journalists and constant coverage:

1. Journalists cannot access Sudan at all
2. 240 local journalists have been killed in two years
3. No independent verification of events possible
4. Information only from partisan sources or victims who escape
5. Videos of atrocities come from perpetrators filming their own crimes

One correspondent stated: "This is a dark hole, a place where you can't go, you can't report. Therefore it is a place which is led to extreme brutality. Without proper international community pressure, this again is a dark hole of news and it's a tragedy which is going to spread."

Even requests for embedded access are refused: "There is no reason why we should be embedded only. This looks very much like under the influence of the Trump administration, they won't be the usual NGO who used to work on the ground in Gaza in the near future but more evangelist NGO chosen by Washington and also by Israel."

Public Indifference

The contrast with other conflicts is stark:

Ukraine receives:

1. 24/7 media coverage
2. Billions in military aid
3. Sanctions on Russia
4. International solidarity
5. Clear good guys/bad guys narrative

Gaza receives:

1. Constant media attention
2. International protests
3. ICC warrants
4. UN Security Council meetings
5. Global activism

Sudan receives:

1. Occasional news articles
2. Inadequate humanitarian funding
3. No meaningful sanctions on UAE or Egypt
4. No international protests
5. No accountability for perpetrators
6. Described as "the forgotten war"

The racism is undeniable. As one analyst observed: "If you look at many media houses, they don't talk about it because from where they sit it is not a country that has a lot of strategic significance for them."