Sudan Crisis and the Wagner Group's Influence in Africa
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Despite a three-day ceasefire, violence continues between Sudan’s top two generals competing for control of the country's remaining oil and energy resources. Once the fighting broke out, the leader of Russia’s Wagner Group offered to help mediate in the conflict. What is Russia's objective in Sudan? NPR’s Deborah Amos guests hosts World Review with Ryan Heath, Yvonne Murray, and Giles Whittell to discuss.
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About the Panelists
Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Princeton University
A longtime international correspondent, Deborah Amos spent much of her award-winning career at National Public Radio. Her reporting on the Middle East and refugees in the U.S. is regularly featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and All Things Considered. Previously she reported for ABC’s Nightline and PBS’s Frontline.
Co-Author of Axios AI+, Axios
Ryan is co-author of Axios AI+ — examining the ways our world is transformed by tech innovations and the people who regulate them. Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election, and between 2015 and 2023 wrote POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook, Davos Playbook and Global Insider newsletters and hosted podcasts. He is former presidential speechwriter and tech spokesperson at the European Commission.
Yvonne Murray
Global Security Reporter, RTÉ News
Yvonne Murray is the Global Security Reporter based in New York for RTÉ News since December 2022. Murray previously worked for the BBC. She also contributed television reports to Channel 4 News, worked on independent documentary productions and written for The Economist.
World Affairs Editor, Tortoise Media
Giles Whittell is an English author and journalist who has worked for the London Times as a correspondent in LA, Moscow, and Washington. He was the Times' chief leader-writer for three years before joining Tortoise Media in 2018.