{"id":14003,"date":"2024-06-21T17:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T17:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14003"},"modified":"2024-06-21T17:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T17:47:58","slug":"world-leaders-neglected-this-crisis-now-genocide-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14003","title":{"rendered":"World leaders neglected this crisis. Now genocide looms."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“After more than a year of neglect<\/a> from global leaders and massive funding gaps<\/a> for humanitarian assistance, the war in Sudan has reached a critical tipping point. Warring parties are waging a deadly battle for control of El Fasher \u2014 the capital of the state of North Darfur and, until recently, one of the last safe havens for civilians. If the city falls, experts warn there will be dire human rights consequences, ranging from ethnic cleansing to outright genocide<\/a> for millions of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s happening in El Fasher is just the latest in the year-long conflict between two rivaling military groups struggling for power after working together to oust<\/a> Sudan\u2019s former president and his successor. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the general of the country\u2019s military, known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), became the de facto ruler of Sudan in 2021 \u2014 but tensions with his temporary ally, the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), soon boiled over as the leaders attempted to integrate the RSF into the SAF. This tension grew into a civil war last year, one that has created the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis<\/a>: On Monday, the United Nations told the AP<\/a> that more than 10 million people \u2014 about a quarter of the population \u2014 have already been internally displaced since the war began.

The SAF and RSF have clashed<\/a> sporadically<\/a> in El Fasher, which is the government military\u2019s last foothold in all of western Sudan, but the town has largely been spared the worst of the war until recent weeks. That changed on the morning of May 10<\/a>, when heavy fighting between the two groups broke out. Near daily bombings, indiscriminate shelling, and airstrikes have rocked the city since. More than 1,000 civilians have been injured and 206 people have died, according to Claire Nicolet<\/a>, the emergency program manager at M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res. Hospitals and camps for internally displaced people have been damaged by gunfire and explosions. Very few aid convoys carrying food and health supplies have reached the estimated 2 million<\/a> civilians in the city. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/354112\/sudan-darfur-el-fasher-genocide-humanitarian-aid-neglect<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“After more than a year of neglect from global leaders and massive funding gaps for humanitarian assistance, the war in Sudan has reached a critical tipping point. Warring parties are waging a deadly battle for control of El Fasher \u2014 the capital of the state of North Darfur and, until recently, one of the last safe havens for civilians. If the city falls, experts warn there will be dire human rights consequences, ranging from ethnic cleansing to outright genocide for millions of people.
\nWhat\u2019s happening in El Fasher is just the latest in the year-long conflict between two rivaling military groups struggling for power after working together to oust Sudan\u2019s former president and his successor. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the general of the country\u2019s military, known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), became the de facto ruler of Sudan in 2021 \u2014 but tensions with his temporary ally, the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), soon boiled over as the leaders attempted to integrate the RSF into the SAF. This tension grew into a civil war last year, one that has created the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis: On Monday, the United Nations told the AP that more than 10 million people \u2014 about a quarter of the population \u2014 have already been internally displaced since the war began.<\/p>\n

The SAF and RSF have clashed sporadically in El Fasher, which is the government military\u2019s last foothold in all of western Sudan, but the town has largely been spared the worst of the war until recent weeks. That changed on the morning of May 10, when heavy fighting between the two groups broke out. Near daily bombings, indiscriminate shelling, and airstrikes have rocked the city since. More than 1,000 civilians have been injured and 206 people have died, according to Claire Nicolet, the emergency program manager at M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res. Hospitals and camps for internally displaced people have been damaged by gunfire and explosions. Very few aid convoys carrying food and health supplies have reached the estimated 2 million civilians in the city. ”<\/p>\n

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