Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour)

While the world is watching on, Sudan is, in the words of UN Secretary General António Guterres, spiralling out of control. The Yale humanitarian research lab has described the genocide and killings as happening at a velocity and ferocity not seen since the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s. Since the civil war began, 15 million people have been displaced. More than 150,000 have been killed in the conflict, at an estimate. Mass sexual violence is taking place, traumatising the nation. One UN report indicates sexual assaults on children as young as one year old. With millions on the brink of starvation, famine setting in and all the violence and killing, what can we do with our EU allies and allies in the region to help a humanitarian response to end the killing and suffering in Sudan?

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