Sudan conflict lost in world of suffering, warns Lammy

Sudan’s 21-month-long civil war must not be forgotten due to a hierarchy of conflicts” as millions suffer, David Lammy has warned.

- ALEXANDER BUTLER

The British foreign secretary has renewed calls for a global effort to end the conflict as he warned it will be “one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes of our lifetime”.

Nearly 4 million people have fled the North African country since the start of the war in April 2023.

Hopes of ending the fighting, which has claimed more than 15,000 lives, were dashed in November when Russia vetoed a draft UK-led UN Security Council ceasefire resolution.

Yet despite the growing humanitarian crisis, the civil war has failed to attract the same global attention of other conflicts, such as in Gaza and Ukraine.

Writing in The Independent, Mr Lammy, who this week visited a refugee camp in neighbouring Chad, said: “I bore witness to what will go down in history as one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes of our lifetimes.

“The truth no one wants to admit is that if this was happening on any other continent – in Europe, in the Middle East, or in Asia – there would be far more attention from the media – far more outrage.