Veranstaltungshinweis: Sudan’s devastating war on people. What international response?
The panel discussion is part of the three-day Sudanese diaspora conference „Sudan Reconstruction“ with representatives from ten European countries in Vienna.
Five years ago, a peaceful civil society uprising managed to oust Sudan´s long-term dictator Omar Al Bashir. A military coup in October 2021 put an end to hope for democracy and in April 2022, the two power-sharing military forces initiated a cruel war. As a result, ten million people have been displaced and 25 million face the threat of a man-made massive famine.
The war in Sudan had also devastating effects on its already unstable neighboring countries. Its strategic location at the Red Sea has huge implications for the Arab Peninsula as well as for international trade and migration. Multiple international players have a stake in this crisis. Different mediation efforts have had little success. Despite the humanitarian catastrophe and international implications of this crisis, there seems to be little attention to it by Western media and decision-makers.
Panel discussion:
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 19:00 – 21:00
Bruno Kreisky Forum, Armbrustergasse 15, 1190 Wien
With Suliman Baldo (key note), Director of the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker, Dániel Weiss (online), Deputy Head of Division for the Horn of Africa and East Africa (EEAS), Amira Osman, co-founder of the Gender Centre for Research and Training (GCRT) in Sudan and Osama Kheir Mohamed, diaspora youth activist.
Moderator: Irene Horejs, Bruno Kreisky Forum and former EU ambassador
Welcome: Georg Lennkh (Kreisky Forum), Ishraga Hamid (Mendy), Franz Schmidjell (VIDC)
Language: English