British lawmakers warn against food used as weapon of war in Sudan
By Babagana Jidda
Kanempress News
1st April 2024
British lawmakers have warned that food aid is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan’s bitter civil conflict.
The chair of parliament’s all-party group on Sudan, Vicky Ford said there was evidence both warring sides, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces were restricting humanitarian aid.
She spoke after new research suggested over 100 villages in western Sudan had been burned.
The war in Sudan had been raging for almost year and the fighting was brutal.
The Centre for Information Resilience – a government-funded research group – said that 108 villages and settlements in western Sudan had been fully or partially destroyed by fire since last April.
The UK Foreign Office said what was happening bore all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing as black Africans were targets by Arab militias.
It said there are warnings of famine with over 20 million people needing food aid.
