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"Only five years ago, Sudan was the source of euphoric hopes, when crowds of young people gathered to oust President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the country’s dictator of three decades."
"Those dreams were dashed after just two years, in 2021, when Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, unwilling to cede power to civilians, united to overthrow the government in a coup.
"But the alliance was short-lived. The coup leaders — the army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the R.S.F. commander, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan — fell out over how to merge their forces. Then they went to war.
"According to the latest estimates, 26 million people — over half the population — are suffering crisis levels of hunger.
"One faint glimmer of hope lies in tentative peace talks, mediated by the United States, that started in Switzerland yesterday. The American-led peace talks that started in Geneva yesterday seem like a long shot — Sudan’s military didn’t even send a team of negotiators. But officials alarmed by the spiraling hunger crisis say there is little choice but to try. Millions of lives could be on the line.
Click here for the article in the NY Times
"Only five years ago, Sudan was the source of euphoric hopes, when crowds of young people gathered to oust President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the country’s dictator of three decades."
"Those dreams were dashed after just two years, in 2021, when Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, unwilling to cede power to civilians, united to overthrow the government in a coup.
"But the alliance was short-lived. The coup leaders — the army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the R.S.F. commander, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan — fell out over how to merge their forces. Then they went to war.
"According to the latest estimates, 26 million people — over half the population — are suffering crisis levels of hunger.
"One faint glimmer of hope lies in tentative peace talks, mediated by the United States, that started in Switzerland yesterday. The American-led peace talks that started in Geneva yesterday seem like a long shot — Sudan’s military didn’t even send a team of negotiators. But officials alarmed by the spiraling hunger crisis say there is little choice but to try. Millions of lives could be on the line.
Click here for the article in the NY Times
Horror after horror. Deaths from hunger will be counted in the millions because of this infamous war
ReplyDeleteAs the one who started the Sudan Country Office I am very troubled by the spiral of violence and wreckage that the country and its people have been witnessing in recent years. For many decades the civil disturbances were centred around the North vs the South divide, but now that South Sudan has become a separate country, it is a such a shame to see that the conflict appears to be between the Nilotic and western desertic tribes, to the detriment of all Sudanese. One would hope that the external supporters of the conflict would let the Sudanese solve their own divisions through compromise and understanding. Pity the children of Sudan !
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