In Sudan, whoever is not killed by a bullet is killed by hunger

Political crises in Sudan are intertwined with armed conflicts, and after nearly twenty months of civil war, basic services have collapsed and food supply chains have been disrupted. According to UN reports, millions of Sudanese are suffering from severe food insecurity, while children and women are dying from malnutrition in the absence of real and practical solutions. The disaster is exacerbated by political instability, as civilians caught between armed conflicts and administrative corruption that disrupts the delivery of humanitarian aid are suffering more.

According to the United Nations Development Programme, about half of Sudan's population, or about 26 million people, are currently facing food insecurity, and the risk of famine looms in a large part of the country.

The report stated that the number of internally displaced persons in Sudan has exceeded 11 million people, stressing that the ongoing conflict has had a serious impact on this situation.

The UN report explained that since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been waging a fierce war that has left more than 20,000 dead and more than 13 million displaced and refugees, according to estimates by the United Nations and local authorities.

Despite the humanitarian efforts of some organizations, the international community remains unable to provide radical and effective solutions, and those who escape death by bullets from either of the warring parties find themselves prey to hunger, thirst and disease!

This inability reflects once again the politicization of humanitarian aid, as the suffering of civilians is treated as a pressure card by all parties as well as in international negotiations, instead of considering it a moral crisis that requires immediate intervention. International institutions, such as the United Nations and the Security Council, continue to declare their condemnation and make promises without achieving rapid and tangible achievements to save lives.

According to international humanitarian law, states and the international community bear the responsibility to protect civilians during conflicts and to ensure the unhindered access of food, medicine and humanitarian aid in all its forms, but this commitment has not been translated into action, which raises deep questions about the effectiveness of the international system in protecting human rights.