Sudan.. Warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and failure to end conflict

Source: alhurra.com
Warnings from international and humanitarian organizations about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Sudan continue, given the failure of efforts to end the conflict, first because the international community has decided that the parties to the conflict "the Sudanese army and the rapid reaction forces" do not possess the "legitimacy" of the rule of the Sudan.

The former United States diplomat and former Director of African Affairs at the National Security Council, Cameron Hudson, tells Al-Freeh that another reason was that some countries were "not neutral" in dealing with the Sudanese dossier.

"The absence of a civilian coalition presenting itself as an alternative to military rule in this country has made it difficult to have a clear vision of how the country will be run in the future."

The US official added that the UN reports on the deterioration of the situation "will not change the reality, they will not force the international community to intervene, or pressure the parties to the conflict to end this human suffering and solve the problem" as he put it.

The Norwegian Refugee Council announced days earlier that the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan was worse than that in Ukraine, Gaza and Somalia, and that 24 million peoples lives were in grave danger.

As of the end of October, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) says that the death toll from the war since April 2022 has reached 150 thousand, a figure higher than the 20 alpha the United Nations now mentions for the countrys entire tally.

However, the death toll is not alone in worrying the Commission, which, in its most recent report, has indicated that the number of internally displaced persons has reached 10 million, the largest in the world, while the number of refugees to neighbouring countries has reached more than 2 million.

The report further adds that 25 million of the countrys approximately 42 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance and protection, while 18 million people face acute food insecurity.

The report noted that more than 222 thousand children are expected to starve in the coming months if swift action is not taken to stop the war, indicating that the lives of 800 thousand people, women, children, men, the elderly and persons with disabilities, are at stake as shelling continues in densely populated areas.