Sudan War: “Tell me how to make it stop”, asks champion poet, Emi Mahmoud, BBC News
Sudanese slam poet Emi Mahmoud calls for peace in Sudan
On the first anniversary of the outbreak of war in Sudan in April this year, world champion slam poet Emi Mahmoud implored the world not to forget the on-going conflict in her homeland in her searing poem Sudan Balady. Emi has lost several members of her family to the conflict. (BBC News Africa)
Emi Mahmoud talks to the BBC with heartbreaking eloquence about the war and its impact on her family in BBC News Africa
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