UK: Sudan faces world’s worst humanitarian crisis
According to The Arab Weekly, a London based website which is sympathetic to the aspirations of the UAE, Sudan is facing what Britain’s top diplomat has called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, as reported on June 3rd.
Speaking at an event in Morocco hosted by the foundation of British-Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy underscored the gravity of the crisis. “The crisis in Sudan … is the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world currently and it is a matter of deep, deep concern,” Lammy said.
Since April 2023, a brutal war has raged between Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as their leaders compete for control. The conflict has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million people – nearly a quarter of Sudan’s population – and led to widespread destruction of infrastructure and the onset of famine in some regions.
Lammy criticised what he described as a lack of global urgency around the crisis. “An ambivalence, equivocation and certainly an absence of exposure to this crisis globally, and across much of the Western world,” he noted.
“So that is why I made up my mind very early in office that I would do all I could as UK foreign secretary to draw attention to this crisis,” he added during his remarks in Marrakesh.
The Arab Weekly/ Reuters/ Maghrebi.org
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