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For a year, the bodies have piled up – and still the world looks away

One year ago this week, Sudan descended into war. The toll so far is catastrophic. Thousands are dead, and millions are displaced, with hunger and disease ravaging all in the absence of aid. The UN has called the situation “one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent history”, afflicting about 25 million people. The Sudanese people are suffering what has become the largest displacement crisis in the world

The war was both sudden and a long time coming. The short history is that of a country where,

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