Sudan is on the verge of becoming a failed state due to the disintegration of civil society and the proliferation of armed groups, according to Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
The country has been plagued by a brutal power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for 19 months, resulting in over 10 million people fleeing their homes and pushing the country to the brink of starvation.
The situation is dire, with Egeland describing it as “the biggest humanitarian emergency on our watch, the biggest hunger crisis, the biggest displacement crisis.”
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also warned that starvation in Sudan “is almost everywhere,” with soup kitchens forced to close due to lack of funding .
The conflict has led to widespread human rights abuses, including ethnic cleansing and genocide. Despite ongoing peace talks, the situation remains unresolved, with Egeland warning that “the war will stop when these warlords feel they have more to lose by continuing fighting, than by doing the sensible thing”.
