Emi Mahmoud, poet: Has the world abandoned Sudan?

James Copnall, presenter of Newsday, speaks to Emi Mahmoud,
Sudanese activist and poet, about the war that has claimed more
than 150,000 lives since it began two years ago. In what the
United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian
crisis, about 12 million people have also been forced to flee
their homes.


Emi speaks about the pain of losing many members of her family,
the brutality of the current conflict in the western region of
Darfur which she believes to be genocide, and the trafficking of
women and girls caught up in the fighting.


In the aftermath of the destruction of the Zamzam camp for
displaced people, she describes life in the community there - and
calls on the world to do more to resolve the violence in Sudan.
As an award-winning poet, she uses her poems to spread her
message.


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Image: Emi Mahmoud attends TIME100 Women's Leadership Forum at
Chelsea Piers, Studio 59 on September 10, 2024 in New York City
(Credit: Shannon Finney/Getty Images for TIME)