Episode 285: Sudan Now: Famine, Foreign Backers, and the Future of Civilian Voices with Dr. Amgad Eltayeb

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

Today, Dominic Bowen hosts Dr. Amgad Fareid Eltayeb on The International Risk Podcast to examine Sudan’s engineered famine, the influence of foreign backers, and the struggle of civilians caught between paramilitary violence and geopolitical ambition. They discuss how starvation, siege tactics, and external intervention have become central features of the war, driving one of the…

Dr. Amgad Fareid Eltayeb

Dr. Amgad Fareid Eltayeb

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb is a Sudanese politician, researcher, writer, and activist. He combines academic rigour with moral urgency. Lifelong commitment to truth-telling in the face of authoritarian violence, belief in citizen agency, and refusal to separate humanitarian imperatives from politics and power have defined his career. His training as a medical doctor was supplemented by postgraduate…