The biggest hunger crisis in the world is unfolding in Sudan, and it is manmade. As of now, more than half of the country’s 45 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance. In May, the United Nations warned that 18 million Sudanese are “acutely hungry” including 3.6 million children who are “acutely malnourished.”
Heirs of the infamous Janjaweed militia—the ethnic Arab fighters who inflicted massacre and starvation in Darfur between 2003 and 2005, leaving over 150,000 civilians dead—they use this plunder to sustain their war machine. The SAF, which is the dominant power in the United Nations-recognized government of Sudan, has blocked humanitarian aid to the vast areas of the country under RSF control.
Hey there, I remember advocating for Darfur way back when I was fresh out of school. No one in power did anything about it and I didn’t have the time or money to continue demonstrating for 20 years.
Well, there was enough global pressure to establish the state of South Sudan as a safe haven for many of the minorities in the region. I wouldn’t say nothing came of it.