Summer Fund Drive Special Programming: Mosaab Baba Breaks Down the Forces Behind the Crisis in Sudan’s Forgotten War

KPFA - Hard Knock Radio · Jul 23, 2026 · 59m

Sudan is experiencing one of the world’s most devastating humanitarian crises, yet its suffering remains largely absent from American headlines. On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with Sovereign Media journalist Mosaab Baba about the historical, political and international forces fueling the war and why people across the African diaspora must pay closer attention. Baba traced today’s crisis to decades of foreign intervention, authoritarian rule and economic exploitation. He explained that Western powers supported Sudan’s far right leadership during the Cold War as a barrier against…