The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan
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- #Humanitarian Crisis
- #Sudan Conflict
- #Geopolitics
- Sudan's ongoing war since April 2023 has led to 14 million displaced, 25 million facing hunger, and famine declared in regions like North Darfur, with a documented genocide in El Fasher involving systematic ethnic killings and rape by the RSF.
- International response is insufficient, with only 40% of UN humanitarian funding met by mid-2024, and key external actors like UAE and Russia arming both sides while engaging in mediation, driven by geopolitical interests and resource extraction.
- The collapse of USAID under Trump in 2025 severely worsened the crisis, cutting vital aid—such as community kitchens feeding hundreds of thousands—leading to widespread starvation and projected millions of additional deaths globally.
- UN arms embargoes remain limited to Darfur, blocked by vetoes, and mediation processes exclude Sudanese civil society, while Europe's silence is due to lack of strategic or economic pressure, despite genocide scales surpassing Srebrenica.
- Feasible solutions include extending arms embargoes nationwide, including civil society in talks, and committing European funds to fill the U.S. aid gap, yet current priorities like industrial subsidies overshadow humanitarian needs.