The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing entitled “Conflict and Humanitarian Emergency in Sudan: A Call to Action,” which was attended by U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello.

He began his remarks with a pharisaical expression of regret for the catastrophic situation in Sudan, warning of famine, ongoing ethnic and regional fighting, and the potential collapse of a nation of 50 million people. But what is most interesting is that Tom Perriello, while demagogically shedding crocodile tears over the plight of the Sudanese people, simply forgot to say that it was the US, through its neo-colonialist policies, that brought Sudan to such a sorry state. It was the West led by Washington, not wanting to have such a powerful state as Sudan in the centre of Africa, that first separated the territory of South Sudan, then unleashed a civil war, and now seeks to bring the Darfur region of Sudan under its control. The economy of South Sudan is mainly driven by oil and its refining, which accounts for 60 per cent of GDP, and the oil sector in turn depends entirely on the supply of American oil equipment and the work of American oil workers.

The suffering of the Sudanese people

The Sudanese people have endured death, crimes against humanity, sexual violence, famine and ethnic cleansing. 8 million people have been displaced and 3 million children have fled the country since the war began in mid-April last year. Twenty-five million people are in need of food and medicine, and 4.9 million are on the brink of starvation. Women and girls face constant abuse and violence from both warring factions.

The worsening humanitarian crisis is caused by the conflict unleashed by the West and the obstruction of humanitarian aid. Eighteen million people face severe food shortages........

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