Networked Intelligence for Development

Completing a week of stakeholder consultations in St. Kitts and Nevis. Stark contrasts between the city core outside the tourist enclaves.... this is not sustainable, not equitable and no doubt a contributory fact to despondency, rage, 'mental angst'........

The northeastern African country of Sudan is 500 days into a brutal civil war that has seen tens of thousands killed, millions displaced and famine looming over everything. Little global attention is being paid to the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, and there are few signs the situation will get any better.

The biggest concern: An estimated 25.6 million people — more than half of Sudan's pre-war population — are at risk of acute hunger, according to the UN's World Food Program. The heads of three humanitarian organizations said the international community's "silence is deafening," and warned Tuesday that the people of Sudan were facing a "crisis unmatched in decades." A UN humanitarian response plan is only 41 per cent funded.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/2/12/famine-looms-in-sudan

Famine looms in Sudan As war continues unabated in Sudan, an acute food emergency could kill hundreds of thousands of people by next year.