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Sudan topped a watch list of global humanitarian crises released Tuesday by an international aid group for the third consecutive year as a devastating war grips the northeast. African Country.
International Rescue Committee It said Sudan was at the top of its annual emergency watch list, which included 20 countries at risk of worsening the humanitarian crisis in 2026.
The IRC called for an increase in global humanitarian funding, which has declined by 50% in the past year and is on track to become the deadliest year for humanitarians.
“A New World Disorder”
The Occupied Palestinian Territories and South Sudan were ranked second and third respectively due to poor humanitarian conditions on the list. It also included Ethiopia, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon and Ukraine. Syria and Yemen, both battling civil wars for more than a decade, were also listed.
The IRC said that although the list of 20 countries represents just 12% of the world’s population, it includes 89% of those in need, including 117 million displaced people. The group expects the countries listed to host more than half of the world’s extreme poor by 2029, calling the crisis a “new world”. disorder“”The post-World War II international system is replacing what was once based on rules and rights”.
The IRC stated that many conflicts are motivated by the struggle for power and profit. The group says warring parties in Sudan and their international supporters are profiting from the gold trade, which has devastating impacts on civilians.
Miliband said, “This year’s watchlist is a testament to sadness but also a warning.” “The new world chaos is here, and the winds are rising everywhere. Chaos breeds chaos.”
The group called for binding actions in response to global crises, including suspending the UN Security Council’s veto power in cases of mass atrocities.
Urgent humanitarian crisis in Sudan
Sudan plunges into chaos in April 2023 as power struggle between the army and powerful paramilitaries rapid aid force Open fighting erupted with mass killings and rapes and ethnically motivated violence. According to the United Nations and international rights groups, this is a war crime and a crime against humanity.
More than 40,000 people have been killed in the devastating war, according to UN figures, but aid groups say that is an undercount and the real number could be many times higher. The conflict created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 14 million people, spreading disease and famine in parts of the country.
“The scale of the crisis in Sudan…is an indication of the chaos,” said David MilibandPresident and CEO of IRC. He called on the international community to take immediate action to prevent 2026 from becoming “the deadliest year ever”.
Both the RSF and the army were accused of violating international law during the war. However, most of the atrocities were blamed on the RSF, which the Biden administration said had committed genocide in Darfur.
Horrors reported in Darfur
The most recent atrocities occurred in late October when Rapid Support Forces captured the town of al-Fashar, the army’s last stronghold in the vast Darfur region. Witnesses told The Associated Press in October that RSF fighters went door to door, killing civilians and committing sexual assaults in the city.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said last week that war crimes and “potential” crimes against humanity had been committed in the city.
Satellite images analyzed by the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab show that the RSF, since gaining control of the city, has engaged in “widespread and systematic mass killing”, including of civilians attempting to flee the city and those seeking refuge in the Daraja Oula neighborhood, the last known major civilian refuge in the city.
The HRL report released on Tuesday said RSF then launched a “systematic multi-week campaign” aimed at destroying evidence of atrocities in the city.
RSF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.