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Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war
Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war
As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters on the edge of collapse, facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world.
Islamic Relief, a humanitarian and development agency, painted a stark picture of Sudan’s situation, warning that it is on the brink of mass famine, with young children facing the prospect of starving to death.
The situation in Sudan is dire, with over 8.4 million people, including 2 million children under the age of 5, forced to flee their homes in the wake of the conflict, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Despite these alarming figures, the international response has been woefully inadequate, with only 5% of the 2024 humanitarian response plan for Sudan funded thus far, Islamic Relief said in a statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/africa/sudan-civil-war-marks-one-year-intl/index.html
As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters on the edge of collapse, facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world.
Islamic Relief, a humanitarian and development agency, painted a stark picture of Sudan’s situation, warning that it is on the brink of mass famine, with young children facing the prospect of starving to death.
The situation in Sudan is dire, with over 8.4 million people, including 2 million children under the age of 5, forced to flee their homes in the wake of the conflict, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Despite these alarming figures, the international response has been woefully inadequate, with only 5% of the 2024 humanitarian response plan for Sudan funded thus far, Islamic Relief said in a statement.
Silence speaks loudly.
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https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/how-two-feuding-generals-drove-sudan-to-the-brink-of-starvation-379eb94f
https://archive.ph/RmYNK
How Two Feuding Generals Drove Sudan to the Brink of Starvation
As war reaches one-year mark, U.N. agencies warn that 700,000 Sudanese children could die from hunger in 2024
By Nicholas Bariyo
Updated April 15, 2024 12:00 am ET
For months, Hossan Taha and his wife have skipped meals to give what food they could find to their three children. But in recent days, their youngest, 2-year-old Muhammad, has stopped playing with his sisters and spends his days lying in bed or curled up in his mother’s arms.
He “is now too weak to even cry,” said Taha, a car mechanic in Sudan’s second-most populous city of Omdurman. Taha worries his son has picked up an illness his frail little body can no longer shake. “There is no hospital to take him to,” he said.
One year into a deadly war for power between Sudan’s top two generals, the country of 47 million people is in the midst of one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent history.
Tens of thousands have died in the fighting between Sudan’s military, commanded by the country’s de facto president, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which are led by Burhan’s former deputy, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
More than 8.5 million Sudanese have been driven from their homes — including 2 million who have fled to neighboring countries — and many now live in displacement camps that receive little to no outside help. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders said in February that in just one camp in the province of North Darfur, a child is dying from the effects of malnutrition and unsafe drinking water every two hours.
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General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
https://archive.ph/RmYNK
How Two Feuding Generals Drove Sudan to the Brink of Starvation
As war reaches one-year mark, U.N. agencies warn that 700,000 Sudanese children could die from hunger in 2024
By Nicholas Bariyo
Updated April 15, 2024 12:00 am ET
For months, Hossan Taha and his wife have skipped meals to give what food they could find to their three children. But in recent days, their youngest, 2-year-old Muhammad, has stopped playing with his sisters and spends his days lying in bed or curled up in his mother’s arms.
He “is now too weak to even cry,” said Taha, a car mechanic in Sudan’s second-most populous city of Omdurman. Taha worries his son has picked up an illness his frail little body can no longer shake. “There is no hospital to take him to,” he said.
One year into a deadly war for power between Sudan’s top two generals, the country of 47 million people is in the midst of one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent history.
Tens of thousands have died in the fighting between Sudan’s military, commanded by the country’s de facto president, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which are led by Burhan’s former deputy, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
More than 8.5 million Sudanese have been driven from their homes — including 2 million who have fled to neighboring countries — and many now live in displacement camps that receive little to no outside help. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders said in February that in just one camp in the province of North Darfur, a child is dying from the effects of malnutrition and unsafe drinking water every two hours.
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General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
