Sudan enters fourth year of war as officials lament 'abandoned crisis'

As the conflict enters its fourth year, international officials decry a global failure to address the world's largest displacement and hunger crisis. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Sudan enters fourth year of war as officials lament 'abandoned crisis'

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KHARTOUM, April 15, 2024 – Sudan today marks the grim milestone of entering its fourth year of a devastating civil war, with senior humanitarian officials and diplomats declaring the nation's crisis the world's largest and most neglected. The conflict, which erupted in April 2021 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has transformed Africa's third-largest country into a landscape of ruin, displacing over 8.5 million people internally and forcing nearly 2 million more to flee across borders. The capital, Khartoum, and regions like Darfur and Kordofan have seen the most intense fighting, reducing entire cities to rubble and creating a catastrophic void in governance and basic services. The human cost is now quantified in staggering terms that officials say should command global attention but have instead met with alarming indifference. "We are confronting the largest displacement crisis on the planet, and yet it feels as if the world has looked away," stated a senior UN aid coordinator, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the precarious security situation. Nearly 25 million people—over half of Sudan's population—require humanitarian assistance to survive. Of these, 18 million face acute food insecurity, with 5 million on the brink of famine, according to integrated data from the World Food Programme and FAO. The healthcare system has effectively collapsed, with over 70% of medical facilities non-functional in conflict zones, leading to preventable deaths from disease and injury. This scale of suffering has prompted aid agencies to label Sudan the single greatest humanitarian challenge globally, surpassing even Gaza and Ukraine in terms of displacement and hunger metrics. The crisis is compounded by severe access restrictions, bureaucratic impediments imposed by the warring parties, and a critical lack of funding. The 2024 UN humanitarian response plan for Sudan, which appeals for $2.7 billion, is currently less than 5% funded. "The gap between needs and resources is not just a gap; it's a chasm," lamented a European diplomat involved in the crisis response. "Donor fatigue, competing global crises, and the sheer...

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