Sudan's Starvation Crisis: UAE-Backed Siege and Global Neglect

The Siege of Al-Fashir

• 💔 Al-Fashir, Sudan, is experiencing a severe humanitarian catastrophe, with civilians starving and resorting to eating animal feed.
• 🏥 The city's last functioning hospital has been bombed over 30 times, and 30-40 severely malnourished children arrive daily with nothing to treat them.
• 🧱 A 20-meter earthen wall surrounds Al-Fashir, trapping an estimated 260,000 residents who face bombing, starvation, or death if they attempt to flee.

Atrocities and Displacement

• ⚠️ Reports detail mass displacement, widespread sexual violence, executions, and atrocities committed by the UAE-backed RSF militias.
• ⛓️ Young men attempting to flee the city have been executed, and fighters roam the areas around refugee camps, robbing and extorting civilians.
• 🩸 Doctors Without Borders treats approximately 40 sexual assault victims weekly, with anecdotal evidence suggesting the true rate is much higher.

Foreign Involvement and Neglect

• 🇦🇪 The United Arab Emirates is accused of supplying guns, drones, and medical support to the RSF, and allegedly hired Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside them.
• 🕊️ International aid groups like the UN and Doctors Without Borders face immense challenges, with aid convoys being attacked by drones and blockades preventing relief efforts.
• 🌍 Despite Sudan's crisis affecting 30 million people, it receives significantly less global attention compared to Gaza, raising questions about potential racism and differing geopolitical interests.

The Scale of the Crisis

• 📈 Sudan's humanitarian crisis is the largest in the world, with 30 million people needing assistance and one in three children facing acute malnutrition.
• 🏛️ The conflict, which began in April 2023 between the army and the RSF, has spread across the country, particularly impacting the Darfur region.
• 🗣️ There is a call for greater awareness and solidarity to address the crisis, with organizations like the International Rescue Committee and Doctors Without Borders working in the surrounding refugee camps.