People gather to collect water in Khartoum, Sudan, May 28, 2023
THE war in Sudan has created the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, with over 30 million people needing aid this year, the head of the United Nations children’s agency has said.
With no end in sight to the nearly two-year conflict, Unicef executive director Catherine Russell told the UN security council on Thursday that children in Sudan are enduring “unimaginable suffering and horrific violence.”
An estimated 1.3 million children live in places hit by famine more than 770,000 children are expected to suffer “severe acute malnutrition” this year — and without aid many of them will die, she said.
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
