A catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan as 26 million people face crisis levels of hunger, an outbreak of cholera and violence as civilians attempt to escape civil war.
Millions have been forced from their homes and have experienced horrific sexual violence including rape and abduction on their journeys.
Disaster risk manager Sara Sinada explains what’s happening in Sudan right now on The Briefing:
The conflict sparked during the dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir, and a pro-democracy revolution against him led by young people five years ago.
In April, a power struggle started between the Sudanese military and a rival militia called the Rapid Support Forces.
Sara Sinada is Sudanese and works as a disaster risk manager for the humanitarian organisation Plan International.
“To call the situation catastrophic is an understatement,” Sindad said.
“That entire population [is] caught in between the largest displacement crisis in history in recent history,” she said.
Sinada has family affected by the crisis. She said all of Sudan’s health services have been compromised, but what scares her the most is the famine.
“The most frightening of crisis is the man-made, very preventable famine that is happening as we speak right now in Sudan,” she said.
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