earlier, i wasjoined by cindy courville, former us ambassador to the african union and former white housen african affairs, and quscondy abdulshafi, who's a sudanese activist and researcher at peace direct. a 10—month conflict and once seemingly that is not really much closer to resolution. ambassador, i'd like to start with you. this has been called by many the forgotten war. does that label sound right you? do you think the world is paying enough attention to what is going on in sudan? 1 enough attention to what is going on in sudan?- going on in sudan? i think unfortunately _ going on in sudan? i think unfortunately it _ going on in sudan? i think unfortunately it is - going on in sudan? i think unfortunately it is the - unfortunately it is the forgotten war. you've had the situation dashed the war in ukraine, now we have with palestine and israel. and we also have a situation in sudan where we did not have peace to begin with. this has been a military regime since she was president. so it has had unfortunately a long history of military ruling and instability. democracy has never exis

with me is cindy courville.rmer us ambassador to the african union and former white house adviser on african affairs, and quscondy abdulshafi, who's a sudanese activist and researcher at peace direct. thank you to you both for being here tonight to discuss what has been a 10—month conflict and one seemingly that isn't much closer to a resolution. ambassador, i would love to start with you. this has been called by many the forgotten war. does that level is a right you? do you think that was paying enough attention to what is going on in sudan? unfortunately i think it is the forgotten war. you have this situation, the war in ukraine. now we have with palestine and israel and we also have a situation in sudan where we didn't have peace to begin with. this has been a military regime since basheer was president. so it has had unfortunately a long history of military rule and instability. —— bashir. democracy has not really existed. for about 2006 to 2008, when secretary rice went to b and met with president bashir a

let's speak now to cindy courville, former us ambassador to the african union and previously senior directorus on bbc news. the us named an envoy to sue dan, what difference will his appointment made to the type of situation where seen described there? overseeing the process of the inner agency. to coordinate the information, to assess what funding is available to support the people on the ground and the people on the ground and the conflict especially those, the conflict especially those, the refugees as well as the internally displaced people. now, he will report directly to the secretary of state, i think one, it's important that we have a special envoy but i think that the challenges, how much power does have to make a decision in a moment's time or does he have to go back through the chain of command with the secretary so, i think it depends on what that how dynamic the relationship is. i dynamic the relationship is. i have 8 million people have been displaced in sudan since the conflict broke out and the human rights chief said there was evidence of reports of various war crimes and hu