Eko Hot Blog reports that the United States envoy to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, arrived in Chad on Wednesday to meet Sudanese refugees who have fled the internal crises in Darfur.
Thomas-Greenfield, a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet, has described the violence as “reminiscent” of atrocities declared as a genocide 20 years ago by the US government.
The Envoy’s visit to the Chad’s border in western Sudan would be to highlight the worsening conflict and growing humanitarian crisis in the region.
The Sudan’s war has been on since April 15, 2023, four years after former President Omar al-Bashir was ousted by a popular uprising. The warring factions; the army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), had earlier staged a coup in 2021 to oust the ruling president.
However, the power tussle between the two factions led to the escalation of the crises over a failed plan to transition to civilian rule.
“We certainly have reached a level of serious atrocities being committed and it is very reminiscent of what we saw happening in 2004 that led to the genocide determination,” said Thomas-Greenfield.
Thomas-Greenfield also expressed her concern on the welfare of women and children in the region: “We’re hearing from women who are being brutally gang raped over and over again, villages being raided, there are aerial photos showing mass graves. Signs are there,” she said.
A U.N. report has an estimate of about 300,000 people killed in same Dafur, when the militias, otherwise known as “Janjaweed” of the early 2000 aided the army to weed out a rebellion group comprising mainly non-Arab groups.
It is also reported that the International Criminal Court have declared Sudanese leaders wanted for their crime against humanity.
According to a United Nations report about 380,000 persons, majorly women and children have been displaced externally and spread across Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan as refugees since the war began in April, 2023.
The U.N. Refugee Agency on the other hand has solicited $1 billion as aid for more than 1.8 million people expected to flee the country this year.
About 7.1 million people are already internally displaced in the country, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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