LONDONERS MARCH FOR PEACE IN SUDAN

The Sudanese diaspora is trying hard to raise awareness and encourage action over the disastrous civil war raging in their home country and the humanitarian crisis gripping it. In London last weekend, protesters marched though the British capital, chanting messages of solidarity and calling for aid, diplomacy and a return to civilian rule - as well as for outside actors like the UAE to stop assisting the belligerents.

The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has claimed thousands of lives and displaced a staggering 7.8-million people internally - with over two million on top having fled the country. Infrastructure has been pounded and over 20-million face food insecurity. There are also allegations of genocide by the RSF in Darfur.

Yet for some reason African tragedies fail to move the international community - the redoubled efforts to provide humanitarian aid and the global pressure to end the fighting that we see with other conflicts is simply not brought to bear.

Bravo to @londonforsudan, @sudaneseresistancefront and others for mobilising Londoners - let’s see more of this! Please share your support in the comments