Between the scarcity of knowledge and the drowning of ether: the need for media and national education to save Sudan – something for the fatherland – ✍️ Mr. Salah is strange
The war in Sudan is no longer just an armed conflict which takes place on the battlefields, but rather transformed into a fierce information war, in which the sound of the balls is linked to the noise of the ether. In the middle of this complex scene, where the facts are mixed with rumors, and the novels are widened or veiled, the biggest challenge is highlighted: how can the Sudanese citizen escape “media spill”? How can he keep his sound as a national and human compass? The answer lies in an inevitable necessity to integrate and a systematic activation of “media education” as well as “national education” for all Sudanese.
The Arena of Sudanese conflict, as well as modern conflicts, attend a state of “media spill”. It is a huge flood of information, whether it is correctly, unhealthy or intentionally misleading. This chaotic environment is exploited by the parties to the conflict, and circles of regional and international influence benefit from it to feed the accounts which serve their interests and distort the image of “the other”.
The ordinary citizen finds himself imbued with an endless wave of circulating clips, contradictory statements and analyzes that do not have the basis. In this context, uncontrolled civil intervention in the matter and military information becomes a great danger. This intervention, which often stems from a heavy national emotion or legitimate fear, is easily transformed into a self-destructive tool by detecting sensitive information, can lead to the circulation of images or details of military sites or movements, with the intention of showing its support, to reveal vital information to the opposite part, which endangers forces and lives.
The non -critical circulation of military information which is not confirmed in the creation of a state of confusion and panic, and strikes the heart of the citizen’s confidence in its institutions to cover rumors, and the exaggerated general debate on military tactics increases the level of tension, and the distortion of priorities forget that civilins forget the primary fabric at this stage: unification of the national class, relief of the statements.
The circulating principle: “Knowledge is as much as necessary”, is not only a monopoly on the world of army and intelligence, but rather a wise philosophy of the direction of peoples in times of crisis. Excessive knowledge that you do not have to reach is destroyed.
In the political and media field, knowledge must be sufficient for consciousness, and not sufficient to get involved or deceived. What is required of the citizen at the time of war is the necessary knowledge to make the decision to survive, preserve unity and hold the actors responsible for national foundations and principles, and not to engage in technical details that he has no tools to understand or verify. Excessive knowledge of the real need of citizen in military affairs can destroy its ability to focus on the supreme objective: to put an end to war and build the state.
In the light of this reality, teaching and applying media teaching in addition to national education become an existential necessity for all Sudanese, young and old. Media education is immunity against disinformation and education of the citizen how it becomes a critical consumer of information and a responsible producer. You must focus on checking Sources (Fact-Checking) by Teaching the Tools and skills need distinguish to distinguish the Reliable and Incontiment Source, as well as understanding the agendas and helping the citizen to analyze the media message and understand the hidden agenda (political, or international) Amplification of A specific News or Hiding, Along with Awareness of the Inflammatory Discourse and Training to Identify the Vocabulary, Hatred and Inscription that Aims to Distant Social Cohesion and fueling civil conflicts.
In the Context of Civil Wars, National Education Should Not Be Limited to History and Geography, But Rather Must Focus On Building A New “National Doctrine” that exists from the value of citizenship and diversity and protects the social manufacturing, as citizenship is aboove the sub -IDENTITY AND CONSOLIDATE The concept that Sudanese Identity is the Large Tent that Everyone Should Turn around, and Transcend the Tribal, Ethnic and Regional Divisions that the parts to the conflict exploitation.
National education must teach the values of tolerance, coexistence, culture of peace and the rejection of violence in addition to solving peacefully conflicts, to criminalize violence as a tool of political change, to define the role and civil liability of the civil citizen clearly during crises, which is limited to human support, preserving peace and Return to the way to the construction of peace and peaceful practice.
The war in Sudan revealed the fragility of the cognitive and patriotic structure of society before the tools of modern disinformation. It is no longer limited to victory in the military field, but has rather become a victory in the “battle of consciousness”. Providing Sudanese with “knowledge to the extent of needs” at the time of the spill of the media, through the media and national education, is the real investment in their future. It is the weapon that transformed the citizen of a raw material to polarize and mislead into a wall of obedience which protects the state of social and national collapse. When do leaders and educators realize that “conscious weapon” is less important than soldier’s weapon?
