World leaders are meeting in London to try to stop Sudan’s war, now in its third year. The fighting has caused what aid groups call the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
Britain has announced £120 million in new aid for food and medicine. “We can’t ignore Sudan’s suffering,” said UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. He shared harrowing stories—babies being hurt, people starving, and entire families fleeing for their lives.
The war has forced 12 million people from their homes and killed tens of thousands. Currently, 30 million Sudanese need urgent help to survive.
New satellite photos show fighters burning camps where 500,000 people were sheltering near El-Fasher. UN workers say armed men are assaulting women and children, then telling them, “We own you now.”
Doctors Without Borders says thousands of starving people are arriving in the town of Tawila. “Children die of thirst on the way,” said aid worker Marion Ramstein. “People carry gunshot wounds with no medicine to treat them.” Many were forced to leave injured family members behind because they couldn’t carry them.
The two groups fighting—Sudan’s army and the RSF fighters—were not invited to the talks. But countries accused of supporting them were present, including the UAE and Kenya. Kenya’s government says it is not taking sides, only trying to help broker peace.
The African Union warned: “Fighting won’t solve anything. Sudan needs to stop the war now and start talking.”
As the meeting continues, the pressing question is whether world leaders can deliver food to starving people while the fighting rages on, and if they can prevent other countries from worsening the war. With so many lives at stake, this may be Sudan’s last chance for peace.
