Editorial: To say the conflict has been forgotten is too kind: the world is largely indifferent – apart from those who hope to profit there
People register for food aid at a camp for displaced persons in North Kordofan. ‘Famine is intensifying and 25 million people are experiencing acute hunger.’People register for food aid at a camp for displaced persons in North Kordofan. ‘Famine is intensifying and 25 million people are experiencing acute hunger.’To say the conflict has been forgotten is too kind: the world is largely indifferent – apart from those who hope to profit thereneighbours.
The Sudanese military didn’t turn up for talks in Geneva on Wednesday that were supposed to pursue a ceasefire deal. The RSF – which the army birthed and worked with to eject the civilian government – did. But its leaders can hardly pose as the peacemakers while continuing their campaign of terror. The SAF refuse to accept they will have to give any ground, though internal divisions may also have shaped the decision to stay away. The RSF make unfeasibly ambitious demands, and many doubt whether they could really come to peace anyway: they are united largely in their rampage and plunder. There can hardly be a ceasefire agreement when one side hasn’t even made it to the table.
James Elder, the Unicef spokesperson, described Sudan as “a crisis of neglect”. That is almost too kind a description. Refugees face an increasingly hostile reception in neighbouring countries such as. The telescoping of Sudanese aspirations, from the grand horizon of the 2019 revolution and civilian leadership to the daily struggle for survival, has been sudden and brutal.
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