Patrick Freyne on Africa's forgotten war
Chad now hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced people, according to the UNHCR, despite itself being one of the world's poorest countries. More than half of these refugees are Sudanese, mostly women and children, who have fled the fighting between rival militaries which erupted in April 2023.
It has been called 'the forgotten war' because of the lack of media coverage and global attention particularly on the plight of the refugees who live in sprawling refugee camps.
The reasons why so few journalists have gone to the African country to report on the war and the massive displacement of Sundanese people include the difficulty in getting there and safety issues.
Two Irish Times journalists, writer Patrick Freyne and videographer Chris Maddaloni, travelled to East Chad in April to
report
from the refugee camps there.
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Their trip was supported by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund.
They tell In the News about what they saw and heard and explore why the world has turned its back on this war.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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