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February 9, 2024

U.N. Says $4B in Aid Needed for Sudan as It Faces Humanitarian Tragedy
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The U.N. is appealing for over $4 billion in aid for Sudan, which is
facing some of the world's worst internal displacement and hunger crises
after months of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary
Rapid Support Forces. This is U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths.

Martin Griffiths: "There is a certain kind of obscenity about the
humanitarian world, which is the competition of suffering, a competition
between places. 'I have more suffering than you, so I need to get more
attention, so I need to get more money.' … But I don't think there's
anywhere quite so tragic in the world today as Sudan."

The World Food Programme warned last week Sudanese people are dying of
starvation as the conflict has cut off many people from accessing aid.


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