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The Bloodlands of Africa

JL;DR SUMMARY Bernard-Henri Lévy's immersive reporting from war-torn Sudan highlights the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe that has largely gone unnoticed by the international community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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SudanAbraham AccordsHumanitarian CrisisCivil WarDisplacementInternational ResponseDrone StrikesIran InfluencePresident Al BurhanRegional Geopolitics

Places mentioned

Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan
"In Port Sudan, the countrys provisional capital city, the airport was destroyed by a drone attack."
Khartoum, Sudan
"The outskirts of Khartoum at night. The city lies in ruins. Members of Hemedtis militias remain there, their snipers at the ready."
Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan
"Flying at treetop level to avoid Hemedtis missiles, we reach Omdurman, the countrys administrative capital, and from there, on the other side of the Nile, Khartoum."
El Obeid, White Nile, Sudan
"On the road to El Obeid, the fighting continues: a town half-destroyed by bombings from both sides."
Amarai, Red Sea, Sudan
"Who could have imagined,17 years ago, when, reporting for the Financial Times, I set off for Amarai, then Khortial, Deissa, Beirmazza, those humble capitals of a Darfur where the war had already claimed 300,000 dead, that we would, today, still be here, in the middle of a brutal and unending war?"
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
"Port Sudan International Airport, 20 kilometers south of the city, which is international only by virtue of a few uncertain routes connecting it to Istanbul, Doha, Jeddah, and Addis Ababa..."
Istanbul, Turkey
"Port Sudan International Airport, 20 kilometers south of the city, which is international only by virtue of a few uncertain routes connecting it to Istanbul, Doha, Jeddah, and Addis Ababa..."
Doha, Qatar
"Port Sudan International Airport, 20 kilometers south of the city, which is international only by virtue of a few uncertain routes connecting it to Istanbul, Doha, Jeddah, and Addis Ababa..."
Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
"Port Sudan International Airport, 20 kilometers south of the city, which is international only by virtue of a few uncertain routes connecting it to Istanbul, Doha, Jeddah, and Addis Ababa..."
Bosaso, Banaadir, Somalia
"The Bosaso base, in Somalia, not far from Aden?"
Aden, ’Adan, Yemen
"I think of those wars of a most unforeseen logic foretold by Arthur Rimbaud, who, after Aden, passed through Port Sudan."
N’Djamena, Chad
"And I remember that every testimony, at the time, agreed on one point: these infernal columns were generally overseen by officers of the regular Sudanese armyCan one forgive that? Truly?"

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