There were some really challenging times after decades of a predatory regime to deal with. It was dangerous, for the people and sometimes for me. There was always a dark shadow hanging over us, the monsters at the helm, who we tried perhaps too quietly to hold accountable.

We should have been screaming from the roof tops, I think now. We danced around it, in a dance that took the country to the brink of the abyss. And now, God help them, the people and the country have fallen off the cliff.

“Sudan’s tragedy is that of a country that dared to ask for more and is now being punished for it.”

Even by the standards of a country that has been at war for much of its post-independence history, the humanitarian crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic in its scale. For those who have asked what they can do, please consider contributing to ICRC as they prepare a response.

Abdalla Hamdok ex PM of Sudan: "God forbid if Sudan is to reach a civil war proper. Syria, Yemen, Libya will be small play. Sudan is a huge country with 7 borders. I think it would be a nightmare for the world." "It has so many ramifications if the war is not stopped today."

Thank you, William Samoei Ruto, PhD, for your leadership and support for urgent humanitarian action in #Sudan. We need a strong plan moving forward to prevent the situation from further spiraling.

In Port #Sudan, I met the humanitarian community, including Sudanese NGOs, and civil society. These are two things they all said to me are necessary and I'm convinced both are possible:

Democracy in Sudan is a Sudanese, not a Western project. Averting the state’s collapse is a global challenge. The US & Africa must do better to support the Sudanese people with urgently needed aid & effective diplomatic action. My take in Daily Maverick bit.ly/453DYlE

I wrote about the dangerous, necessary work of witness: what it can, and can’t, do, and why we need it more than ever. Featuring the astonishingly brave journalists ⁦@mstyslav9⁩ & ⁦Hiba Morgan⁩. nytimes.com/2023/07/29/opi…

This is truly grim. More than 20 million people in #Sudan are projected to be in 'crisis' or '#emergency' levels of food insecurity over the next few weeks - double the estimate last year. This number is more people than those suffering high levels of acute food insecurity in

“Why isn’t everyone talking about Niger?” Or Sudan??? via Financial Times ⁦Janan Ganesh QOTD⁩ on.ft.com/3KIV7bM

While we are witnessing new crises all over the world, we should not turn a blind eye to what is now the largest global internal displacement crisis. Because of ongoing war, #Sudan has more IDPs than any other country on earth. #KeepEyesOnSudan

In the devastating war in #Sudan, another US push toward talks appears to be faltering. Former deputy US envoy Payton Knopf digs into three fallacies hamstringing #diplomacy -- and possibly even making things worse: #SudanWar #famine justsecurity.org/98554/sudan-di…

SAF advances in Wad Madani over the weekend notwithstanding, there will not be a military victory in #Sudan’s war that reverses the state’s collapse and preserves the unity and sovereignty of the country. My latest in FT Opinion

.Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Chairman Jim Risch speaks out against reports of targeted attacks against ERR members and other civilians in #Sudan: “The targeted killings of ERR members, doctors, and other Sudanese who bravely provide support to their neighbors must stop.” #KeepEyesOnSudan

As the Trump administration orders nearly all USAID staff to be placed on leave Friday, Andrew Natsios, former USAID administrator, says the attacks on USAID by Elon Musk and the White House's DOGE task force are "complete nonsense." He adds, "This is a lot of garbage. The

Message from the U.S. Embassy #Tigray #Ethiopia

For-profit companies are susceptible to the temptation of functioning like humanitarian mercenaries, delivering aid for whomever is paying them, being co-opted by warring parties, without regard or possibly even knowledge of the good or ill effects for the intended beneficiaries.