Even as global attention is focused on the heart-rending starvation deaths of babies and children in Gaza and the raging war in Ukraine, the rapidly unfolding human tragedy in Sudan has gone largely unnoticed.
Sudan is in the middle of a bitter civil war that began in April 2023 after a bloody power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to a massive humanitarian crisis. Since this conflict began, it has been estimated that more than 60,000 people have died, 12 million displaced from their homes, and about 4.5 million refugees have sought shelter in neighbouring countries.
To add to the miseries that the Sudanese people, a population of 51 million, are already facing, a virulent cholera outbreak is spreading and has been described as the worst of its kind in decades.