The Other War

World leaders gather to work on a ceasefire deal in a negotiation that the warring partipants don’t even attend. Millions displaced. A fight to get food to the hungry. The conflict is one you might not have heard much about, not in the news, not on college campuses, not in political debates. But its scope is enormous. “At least 10 million Sudanese have fled their homes since the war started in April 2023. Over half the country’s 48 million people are acutely hungry, according to the United Nations.” Declan Walsh in the NYT (Gift Article): Peace Talks at Swiss Resort Beckoned. Sudan’s Divided Generals Wouldn’t Go.

+ AP: “Devastating floods in recent weeks have compounded the tragedy. Dozens of people have been killed and critical infrastructure has been washed away in 11 of Sudan’s 18 provinces, according to local authorities. ‘We are at a breaking point, a catastrophic, cataclysmic breaking point.'”

+ The Economist (Paywall): Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem. “The war in Sudan has received a fraction of the attention given to Gaza and Ukraine. Yet it threatens to be deadlier than either conflict. Africa’s third-largest country is ablaze. Its capital city has been razed, perhaps 150,000 people have been slaughtered and bodies are piling up in makeshift cemeteries visible from space. More than 10m people, a fifth of the population, have been forced to flee from their homes. A famine looms that could be deadlier than Ethiopia’s in the 1980s: some estimate that 2.5m civilians could die by the end of the year.”