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Perspective - 'At every single step there is death and danger': The struggle to get food in Sudan

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 199 words · By Stuart Norval
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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that The NRC's Sudan Advocacy Manager Mathilde Vu spoke to FRANCE 24 in Perspective. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: The NRC's Sudan Advocacy Manager Mathilde Vu spoke to FRANCE 24 in Perspective.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The NRC's Sudan Advocacy Manager Mathilde Vu spoke to FRANCE 24 in Perspective.”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm Mathilde Vu, NRC's Sudan Advocacy Manager, spoke to FRANCE24 about the crisis. Three distinct sources report this same interaction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The El Fasher refugee crisis is an ongoing crisis in Sudan amid the Sudanese civil war originating from the massacre perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city El Fasher, North Darfur, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Fasher_refugee_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — InPerspective, wespoketoMathildeVu,SudanAdvocacyManagerfor the Norwegian Refugee Council.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260210-su…
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web search NEUTRAL — 01:23MathildeVu. She is aSudanadvocacymanagerat the Norwegian Refugee Council and she joins us. 01:30now from PortSudan, which is in the east of the country.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99fge8
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Claim 2: “An aid worker from a main NGO in Sudan spoke about the starvation of the people.”
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Web search results mention NGOs discussing food aid issues, but no specific aid worker is named or directly quoted about starvation. Wikipedia entries provide general context but lack direct evidence of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government controlled by the Sudan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan
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Claim 3: “A report from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) shows that food in Sudan has crossed at least one or more battlefields.”
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A web search result explicitly states: 'food in Sudan has crossed at least one battlefield according to an NRC report', directly corroborating the claim via the NRC's own documentation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tawila or Tawilah (Arabic: طويلة) is a town in North Darfur State, Sudan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawila
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A genocidal massacre in the city of El Fasher in western Sudan began on 26 October 2025. Tens of thousands of civilians have been executed or murdered and as of December 2025, events are ongoing. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Fasher_massacre
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Qūwāt Al-Musallaḥah as-Sūdāniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Sudan. The force strength has been estimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces
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Claim 4: “The war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people.”
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Reported by The Guardian and France24, both independent news sources, confirming tens of thousands killed in Sudan's war. Cross-references align on this casualty figure.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Across the country, the war has killed tens of thousands and driven more than 11 million people from their homes.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/strike-on-suda…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced more than 11 million
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260414-sudan-drone-stri…
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