{"id":22507,"date":"2026-01-22T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/?p=22507"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:00:15","slug":"sudans-crisis-is-africas-crisis-and-its-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/sudans-crisis-is-africas-crisis-and-its-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s Crisis is Africa\u2019s Crisis &#8211; And Its Responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22507?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;581919&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-189933&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;204261&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Sudan\u2019s Crisis is Africa\u2019s Crisis &#8211; And Its Responsibility[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-182326&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;583223&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Date | 22 January 2026[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;custom&#8221; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;652326&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; heading_custom_size=&#8221;20&#8243;]INTRODUCTION[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;624214&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sudan is now the epicenter of one of the world\u2019s deadliest conflicts and most desperate humanitarian crises. The numbers speak for themselves: since 2023, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/sudan-civil-war-displacement\">150,000<\/a> people are estimated to have died as a result of violence and other related causes, 7.3 million have been newly internally displaced\u2014on top of 2.3 million already displaced, bringing the total 9.6 million, 4.3 million have fled as refugees to neighboring countries, and more than 30 million people\u2014two-thirds of the population\u2014require humanitarian assistance (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unocha.org\/attachments\/89363f42-5a8a-4269-a570-60015111a30e\/Sudan_Key_Facts_and_Figures_%28As_of_30_November_2025%29.pdf\">here<\/a>). The atrocities committed defy words, and the battle for El-Fasher\u2014its fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the unbearable reports that followed\u2014has revived the darkest echoes of an earlier tragedy: the scorched-earth campaign waged in Darfur following the 2003 armed rebellion in that region. The fear now is stark: what happened there could happen again, elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; hover_fx=&#8221;outlined&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Famaniafrica-et.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FSudans-Crisis-is-Africas-Crisis-And-Its-Responsibility.pdf|target:_blank&#8221; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;102685&#8243;]Read Full Document[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[155,594],"class_list":["post-22507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-briefs","tag-policy-brief","tag-594"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sudan\u2019s Crisis is Africa\u2019s Crisis - And Its Responsibility - Amani Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/sudans-crisis-is-africas-crisis-and-its-responsibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sudan\u2019s Crisis is Africa\u2019s Crisis - And Its Responsibility\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"22 January 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/sudans-crisis-is-africas-crisis-and-its-responsibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amani Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-22T11:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Policy-Brief-cover_1200.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amani Africa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sudan\u2019s Crisis is Africa\u2019s Crisis - And Its Responsibility\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Policy-Brief-cover_1200.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amani Africa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/sudans-crisis-is-africas-crisis-and-its-responsibility\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/sudans-crisis-is-africas-crisis-and-its-responsibility\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amani Africa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fbb3b4853ff9f64c9965ec59aeefd083\"},\"headline\":\"Sudan\u2019s Crisis is Africa\u2019s Crisis &#8211; 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