Sudan: The Role of Technology in the Forgotten Conflict

For the context of this conflict, see our earlier episode here: Revisiting Sudan’s Conflict: Context and Implications

Sudan is in the midst of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, a catastrophe that has become both a moral and political failure. More than 12 million people have been displaced and over 150,000 lives lost as violence, famine, and chaos engulf the country. Since 2010, using satellite imagery and open-source data, Nathaniel Raymond and his team have uncovered evidence of intentional village burnings, attacks on humanitarian facilities, and mass civilian displacement, and even, at times, predicted future assaults by the Sudanese Armed Forces. His work later contributed to the U.S. Department of State’s genocide determination in Sudan.

As the conflict continues, what does the situation on the ground look like now? And how is technology reshaping humanitarian response, uncovering hidden atrocities and pushing the world toward accountability when traditional diplomacy fails?

Join us for a conversation with Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University’s School of Public Health and a pioneer in using satellite and open-source intelligence to document war crimes.

Music by Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay.