People gather to collect water in Khartoum, Sudan, May 28, 2023
THE war in Sudan has created the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, with over 30 million people needing aid this year, the head of the United Nations children’s agency has said.
With no end in sight to the nearly two-year conflict, Unicef executive director Catherine Russell told the UN security council on Thursday that children in Sudan are enduring “unimaginable suffering and horrific violence.”
An estimated 1.3 million children live in places hit by famine more than 770,000 children are expected to suffer “severe acute malnutrition” this year — and without aid many of them will die, she said.
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
