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Mar 2024
19m 14s

Sudan's new normal

Al Jazeera
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Sudan’s civil war is nearly one year old, with no end in sight and the UN warning that five million people are at risk of starvation. 

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This episode was produced by David Enders and Sonia Bhagat with our host Malika Bilal. Ashish Malhotra and Sarí el-Khalili fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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