The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
August 7, 2024

U.N. Urges Global Community to Help Sudan After Famine Declared
---------------------------------------------------------------

Senior United Nations officials are calling on the global community to
do more to help get humanitarian aid into Sudan after a famine was
declared in at least one part of the Darfur region following 15 months
of war between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces. Edem
Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
addressed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

Edem Wosornu: "When famine happens, it means we are too late. It means
we did not do enough. It means we, the international community, have
failed. This is an entirely man-made crisis and a shameful stain on our
collective conscience."



.