Anger at ‘bloody unacceptable’ efforts to end Sudan’s war as conflict enters fourth year
Speaking to the Guardian on the eve of the third anniversary of the war, Denise Brown expressed her concern over the apparent lack of political urgency to end a conflict that has forced 14 million Sudanese to flee their homes. Photograph: Darfur Network for Human Rights Asked to sum up a crisis that has left 33 million in need of assistance and is estimated to have killed at least 150,000, the UN’s head in Sudan said: “Bloody unacceptable is what it is. Overall, the war has set Sudan’s economy back more than 30 years according to a detailed assessment by the UN Development Programme and the Institute for Security Studies, which also found that an additional 34 million people could be pushed into deprivation if the conflict continues until 2030.
