Episode 65 — An abandoned crisis: Canada's Secretary of State on Sudan's fourth year of war

Episode 65 — An abandoned crisis: Canada's Secretary of State on Sudan's fourth year of war

April 20, 2026 · 22 min · Episode 65

About this episode

The episode features Canada's Secretary of State for International Development discussing the ongoing crisis in Sudan and Canada's response to it.

Canada's Secretary of State for International Development, the Honourable Randeep Sarai, joins Afropolitan Dialogues fresh from the third International Sudan Conference in Berlin, where Canada pledged more than $120 million in humanitarian and development funding. In this conversation, he breaks down the funding, addresses the declining trend in global donor pledges, speaks to the anti-Black dimension of the atrocities in Darfur, and discusses Canada's support for the Sudanese diaspora community here in Canada.

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Host: Meres J. Weche

Guest: Randeep Sarai

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Organizations: Canada

Places: Sudan, Darfur, Berlin

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