The streets of Sudan's El Fasher are running red with blood, and the carnage is so severe that it can be seen from space. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have finally taken over the city, following an 18-month siege that left hundreds of thousands of people trapped, forced to live off rainwater and animal feed. The RSF's capture of El Fasher has echoes of the Darfur genocide in the early 2000s, when they perpetrated an ethnically motivated massacre on the same populations being attacked today.
The conflict-driven famine in Sudan is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with up to 400,000 people dead over two years of war. The scale of the violence has become clear: 12 million people have been displaced, and a quarter of the country's population faces severe hunger. Mass atrocities are rampant, including reports of ethnic targeting, rape, extortion, and mass graves.
The international community is divided on how to respond to the crisis. A core group of countries, called the Quad (the US, UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia), has been trying to negotiate a ceasefire deal for months, but so far with little success. The RSF has agreed to a tentative truce, but it's unclear whether it will stick.
The situation in Sudan is dire, and the world needs to wake up to the crisis. Massive funding gaps have forced aid workers like Mathilde Vu to triage resources, deciding who gets help first. You can support organizations like Vu's team at the Norwegian Refugee Council or other aid groups working on the ground today.
As the death toll mounts and the humanitarian situation worsens, it's clear that something needs to be done. The world has a responsibility to intervene and stop this bloodshed.
The conflict-driven famine in Sudan is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with up to 400,000 people dead over two years of war. The scale of the violence has become clear: 12 million people have been displaced, and a quarter of the country's population faces severe hunger. Mass atrocities are rampant, including reports of ethnic targeting, rape, extortion, and mass graves.
The international community is divided on how to respond to the crisis. A core group of countries, called the Quad (the US, UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia), has been trying to negotiate a ceasefire deal for months, but so far with little success. The RSF has agreed to a tentative truce, but it's unclear whether it will stick.
The situation in Sudan is dire, and the world needs to wake up to the crisis. Massive funding gaps have forced aid workers like Mathilde Vu to triage resources, deciding who gets help first. You can support organizations like Vu's team at the Norwegian Refugee Council or other aid groups working on the ground today.
As the death toll mounts and the humanitarian situation worsens, it's clear that something needs to be done. The world has a responsibility to intervene and stop this bloodshed.
omg can you even imagine having to live in a city with no water or food for 18 months?! it's like something out of a horror movie... the fact that the international community is divided on how to respond is super frustrating 
i mean, we all know what needs to be done. the number of people displaced is just mind-blowing - 12 million! 
and it's heartbreaking to think about the atrocities happening there... mass graves, ethnic targeting... 
something needs to change ASAP. we need more funding for aid workers like Mathilde Vu so they can do their job effectively 
i'm all for supporting organizations on the ground who are doing their part to help those in need 
... like, Sudan is facing an UNBELIEVABLE crisis here. I mean, 400k people dead? 12 million displaced? That's just insane! And it's not just the numbers that are shocking, it's what's happening on the ground - mass graves, ethnic targeting, rape... it's all so horrific 
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How can we sit back & do nothing when humanity is on the brink of collapse? 
We need a united response, ASAP! 
Have to give it up for aid workers like Mathilde Vu who are on the ground doing everything they can with limited resources 
. Also, huge credit to organizations like NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) working tirelessly to provide help. 
Can't let the Quad's negotiations be the only game in town - we need concrete actions! 
i mean 400k people dead over 2 years is just insane 
how can the international community not be doing more to stop this bloodshed? 
i wish we could all just raise our voices and demand action 
anyhoo i think we should all support organizations that are working on the ground to help those affected by this crisis 
. I'm worried about the funding gaps, imagine having to decide who gets help first 
we have to support them in any way we can 
. Can't even begin to imagine what these people are going through... it's just heartbreaking 
the international community needs to step up its game & get some real funding into this crisis ASAP 
because triaging resources like mathilde vu is just not fair 
anyway i was thinking about what we're gonna eat for dinner tonight and i was like "where's the nearest pizza place?" 
sorry to be so off-topic but can someone pls explain to me why mathilde vu is doing all that work by herself? aren't there more ppl in the humanitarian world or am i just missing something