Humanity’s Failure in Sudan — UN Calls It the World’s Worst Crisis, Yet the World Stays Silent
October 31, 2025
The UN calls it the world’s worst crisis, yet the world does nothing as millions suffer.
Civilians are trapped, starving, and terrorized while governments look away. Senior Adviser Shayna Lewis and Sudanese researcher Kholood Khair are sounding the alarm, demanding action, truth, and justice
The crisis isn’t just Sudan’s. It’s a test of humanity, and right now, we’re failing.
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CNN presenter: The U.N. called this the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. And I asked just last month, Kholood Khair, why this isn’t getting the type of attention that it so rightly deserved, and here’s what she said.
Kholood Khair: The world is pretending that it has all these other conflicts in the world, that are on its docket, which is true, but frankly speaking, the world can walk and chew gum at the same time. This is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. It’s also the world’s largest hunger crisis. It’s also the world’s largest displacement crisis. And it’s also the world’s largest protection crisis. There is no good reason, other than racism. Frankly, at this point, that means that Sudan is not getting the attention it deserves.
CNN presenter: Let me start with you, Shayna. How do you respond to that take from Kholood?
Shayna: I’m not sure I can say it any better than Kholood. But fundamentally, there are countries that are running cover for the external backers within the Security Council. There are a raft of measures that the international community could have taken in terms of atrocity prevention and conflict de-escalation, particularly for el-Fasher. The community, as I said, have been raising the alarms for over two years. And I know at PAEMA, my organization, we went back through our records this morning and we have issued over 20 public and private statements to the international community warning about the atrocities dynamics. So this really comes down to not a lack of information by policymakers. They have known the entire time what was coming for the civilians of North Darfur. But it’s a lack of political will. We had Security Council Resolution 2736 from, I believe, June of last year, but it has just existed as a piece of paper without any political will on implementation, in Sudan. So until that political will is derived and actually some soul searching on why countries continue to prioritize blood money over the lives and blood of Sudanese civilians. And this political intractability will continue for the foreseeable future. And many, many thousands more Sudanese civilians will die because of international inaction.
CNN presenter: Really sobering words, sobering take, nothing more than a sheet of paper in terms of a global response and any sort of fierce, fierce attempt to bring this deadly conflict to an end. It is a shame. And sadly, this is a tragedy that we will continue to likely cover in the weeks and months to come.
