UN ambassador Thomas-Greenfield criticizes Sudan war media coverage

Sudan’s war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has spawned one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.

The conflict, which broke out in April last year, has forced around 9 million people to flee their homes and left the country on the brink of famine amid a warning by the United Nations that acts of genocide may be unfolding in the country.

But some fear that the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have diverted the world’s attention away from the situation in the Horn of Africa country. US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a veteran US-Africa diplomat, told Semafor Media’s Mixed Signals podcast that the media is ignoring the crisis in Sudan. Here’s a partial transcript from her conversation with hosts Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza.