UN Humanitarian Chief: World Needs to ‘Wake up’ and Help Stop Violence in Sudan

UN humanitarian chief: world needs to ‘wake up’ and help stop violence in Sudan

The UN’s top humanitarian and emergency relief official has told NPR that why world leaders have not paid more attention to the civil war in Sudan is the “billion dollar question,” and called for the United Nations Security Council to “wake up” and help stop the violence.Tom Fletcher, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, who recently spent a week in Sudan’s Darfur region, has called the area the “epicenter of suffering in the wo…

WFP warns of ‘massive’ humanitarian aid crisis in Sudan as war rages

The World Food Programme’s Carl Skau says the fighting is stopping aid from reaching millions in desperate need.

Sudan Faces Escalating Humanitarian Crisis Amid Renewed Violence

Sudan Faces Escalating Humanitarian Crisis Amid Renewed Violence The already severe humanitarian crisis in Sudan has worsened over the past few weeks as renewed waves of violence in central and western regions force thousands of civilians to flee their homes. Food, shelter, and essential services are disappearing rapidly in besieged towns, leaving families extremely vulnerable. In North and South Kordofan, insecurity has displaced thousands. The…