"Over 30 million people in Sudan 66% of the population are currently in need of humanitarian assistance. More than 12 million have been forcibly displaced since the Sudanese civil war broke out in April 2023 between the country's army and a powerful paramilitary group. Almost 4 million children under the age of 5 face severe and acute malnutrition. Women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual and gender-based violence."
"He was attending the event, "Khartoum Calling," which was organized by the Human Rights Film Festival to raise awareness about the Sudanese conflict and its humanitarian impacts. Khartoum-born media executive Niddal Salah-Eldin also emphasized how the future of an entire young generation is being compromised by the war: "More than 15 million children in Sudan are out of school," she noted at the event, adding for comparison that Germany has 14 million children in total."
"The award-winning documentary "Khartoum" uses a human-first approach, portraying five residents of the country's capital city: Two young bottle collectors, a tea seller, a civil servant, and a volunteer for the Resistance Committees, the pro-democracy grassroots movement that helped topple former dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. The film's production started in 2022. It was initially conceived as a cinematic poem dedicated to Khartoum's diversity, as captured on the streets by four emerging Sudanese filmmakers:"
More than 30 million people in Sudan, about 66% of the population, require humanitarian assistance. Over 12 million have been forcibly displaced since the civil war began in April 2023 between the army and a paramilitary group. Nearly 4 million children under age five face severe acute malnutrition, and more than 15 million children are out of school. Women and girls face elevated risks of sexual and gender-based violence. The documentary Khartoum profiles five capital residents — bottle collectors, a tea seller, a civil servant, and a Resistance Committees volunteer — and was filmed beginning in 2022 amid rising conflict.
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