Sudanese Diaspora Foundation’s Post

According to the latest report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), over 136,000 innocent civilians have been displaced from Sinja, Sennar, and Ad Dinder localities after attacks of Rapid Support Forces #Militia. #Sudan is currently facing the largest internal displacement crisis globally, with over 11 million people displaced since April 15, 2023 [1].This ongoing crisis highlights the severe humanitarian challenges and the urgent need for international assistance to address the needs of the affected population. #Reference 1. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Situation Report Sudan. 27 June 2024. Available from: [https://lnkd.in/gm6MavpB]

#WFP in #Afghanistan analyzes vast amounts of #climate and socio-economic data every month to predict where #hunger will impact the most- in order to help support the most vulnerable communities before it is too late. This approach is definitely crucial within a context such as Afghanistan, which has been facing different and intensive climatic shocks over the past years! Proud of Gabriela Luz for leading our Early Warning and Famine Prevention team at WFP Afghanistan👏🏽 #earlywarning #famineprevention #humanitarianassistance #zerohunger #UN #worldfoodprogramme

The WFP keeps hungry Afghans alive. People love to talk about “defunding” and “eliminating” “the UN”. The UN is not a monolith. “The UN” isn’t even a body or organization. It’s an umbrella term for many, distinct bodies. There is the diplomatic side: UNGA and UNSC. UNGA is only place on earth where every country has an equal seat at the table, whether or not they align with each other politically or philosophically. It’s noisy and messy and **is supposed to be those things** Best to avoid if not a diplomat. Then there is the operational side… 50-ish independent agencies including: WFP, which keeps people from starving to death. UNICEF, which builds maternity and pediatric clinics, and schools. IAEA, which keeps track of who is doing what with radioactive stuff (mission is not to enforce or interdict, just monitor) UNESCO, which preserves international cultural heritage sites for future generations to enjoy before they are looted and weathered into nothing. The operational side is largely comprised of Fully Independent agencies which should be judged individually on how useful they are and how much they fulfil their missions. UNRWA is a body that is Not independent. It reports to the UNGA, unlike 95% of UN bodies. Its problems and failures, in my opinion, arise with this discrepancy. The truth is there are no mechanisms on earth to replace the useful parts of the UN. Not any bilateral aid mission or any international NGO. Building replacements would take years or decades. MILLIONS would die untimely deaths in the interim. To believe otherwise is to seriously misunderstand the scope of the world and its problems. If people want to clean house and dig into the **effectiveness** of individual agencies, I am 100% for that, but be specific, please. #UN #DiplomaticCorps #UNGA #UNSC #Operations #Agencies #IndependentAgencies #WFP #UNICEF #UNESCO #IAEA

In many regions around the world, food is still used as a weapon of #war—an insidious tool to weaken and destroy populations. From Yemen and Syria to Gaza, South Sudan, and Tigray, Ethiopia, the devastating effects of mass starvation and food insecurity are clear. Beyond the physical consequences, the social impact is profound, with #women and girls disproportionately bearing the burden of food and water collection. #Starvation as a weapon is not just a thing of the past—it remains a tool of modern warfare. Ending this atrocity requires global diplomacy, advocacy, and the commitment to ensuring #FoodSecurity for all. Read more here:

“…We cannot afford to wait for more data or formal declarations as the specter of starvation looms over millions of Sudanese lives.  “The conflict's devastating impact on food systems and the restrictions on humanitarian access—whether imposed arbitrarily by warring factions or due to insecurity—have exacerbated the hunger crisis. Millions of people cannot access the life-saving aid they desperately need, including food, water, and medicine.  “We must deploy all possible efforts to address the impacts of conflict-induced hunger immediately. This includes fully funding the humanitarian response. A significant increase in funding disbursements, combined with robust efforts to address humanitarian access impediments, is urgently required. In the immediate term, funding should be directed towards proven modalities that rapidly alleviate hunger and suffering in the worst-affected and hardest-to-reach areas, such as cash assistance and direct financial support to local responders.”

Gaza’s Famine Warning in Perspective. Alex de Waal of the World Peace Foundation issues a call to action. The rigor, scale and speed of the destruction of ‘objects indispensable to survival’ and enforcement of the siege surpasses any other case of man-made famine in the last 75 years. Comparisons can be made with forced starvation of Biafra, Nigeria, in 1967-70, the siege of Sarajevo from 1992-95, the ‘kneel or starve’ starvation tactics used by the Asad government in Syria, and the starvation crimes perpetrated by the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea in Tigray in 2020-22. https://lnkd.in/eCSinRm9

Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that the country is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain.   Collectively the agencies have mobilised a large-scale humanitarian response inside Sudan and in neighbouring countries where more than 2 million refugees have sought safety.   An immediate ceasefire and renewed international efforts – both diplomatic and financial – as well as unhindered and sustained humanitarian access, are urgently needed to enable the humanitarian response to be further expanded and to allow the agencies to deliver at the speed needed.   https://lnkd.in/dyAcy_qZ

The Syria crisis recently marked its 13th year, with over 12M Syrians forcibly displaced. Tomorrow, the EU in Emergencies' Day of Dialogue on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” is taking place to discuss the increasingly dire humanitarian situation in Syria & host countries. In 2023, World Vision Syria Response reached close to 535,500 individuals in Northern Syria through its nutrition programs, including more than 329,000 children. The humanitarian crisis will only get worse unless immediate action is taken, as highlighted in World Vision Middle East and Eastern Europe's latest policy brief 'Spotlight on Nutrition, Food Security & Climate Change in Syria and the host countries of Lebanon, Türkiye, Jordan & Iraq'➡️https://lnkd.in/gshmeFt8 #Syriaconf2024

#Sudan 'Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary-turned-rebel Rapid Support Forces ransacked and looted towns, markets and homes in the southeastern agricultural state of Sennar, opening up a new front in the country’s 14-month-old war as aid groups warn of an impending famine. At least 62,000 people have fled villages and towns across Sennar state in recent days, according to data from the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration. Many of them have now been displaced for a second or even third time, having initially left the capital Khartoum when the war between the RSF and Sudan’s military broke out in April 2023 and then again when the RSF took the central Sudanese city of Wad Medani in December. The renewed displacement and fighting in an important food-producing area are set to worsen Sudan’s hunger crisis, which experts say is already the worst in the country’s modern history. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, an initiative that brings together experts from the U.N., relief agencies and research groups, said last week that at least 755,000 people across 14 regions, including in Khartoum and the western Darfur region, are on the brink of famine, with many already starving to death. Some 25.6 million people, more than half of Sudan’s total population, are facing crisis levels of hunger, the IPC said.'

Sudan War Expands, Spurs Famine Fears 25.6 MILLION people are facing crisis levels of hunger and the world doesn’t care. Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary- turned-rebel Rapid Support Forces ransacked and looted towns, markets and homes in the southeastern agricultural state of Sennar, opening up a new front in the country’s 14-month-old war as aid groups warn of an impending famine. At least 62,000 people have fled villages and towns across Sennar state in recent days, according to data from the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration. The renewed displacement and fighting in an important food-producing area are set to worsen Sudan’s hunger crisis, which experts say is the worst in the country’s modern history. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, an initiative that brings together experts from the U.N., relief agencies and research groups, said last week that at least 755,000 people across 14 regions, including in Khartoum and the western Darfur region, are on the brink of famine, with many starving to death. Some 25.6 million people are facing crisis levels of hunger “Time is fast running out to prevent famine,” Cindy Mc-Cain, the executive director of the World Food Program, said when the report was released.