{"id":307979,"date":"2026-01-08T18:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-sudan-still-at-war\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:51","slug":"why-is-sudan-still-at-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-sudan-still-at-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Sudan still at war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ady_7FqriwM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is Sudan still at war?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ady_7FqriwM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Friday marks 1,000 days since the outbreak of a brutal war in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). <\/p>\n<p>The conflict has devastated the country \u2013 leaving more than 150,000 people dead, about 12 million people believed to have been displaced, and human rights groups accusing fighters in Darfur of ethnic cleansing. <\/p>\n<p>Niall speaks to Sky&#8217;s Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir \u2013 who has reported on the simmering tensions in Sudan for a decade. 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