Darfur- Government responds to questions about the reported increase in violence, including sexual violence and the mass displacement of Darfuri people. They say that “at least 89,000 people have been displaced since October 2021 -“ adding to the millions displaced or dead from Genocide.

Darfur- Government responds to questions about the reported increase in violence, including sexual violence and the mass displacement of Darfuri people. They say that “at least 89,000 people have been displaced since October 2021 -“ adding to the millions displaced or dead from Genocide.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7373):

Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of a reported increase in violence, including sexual violence, in Darfur; and what steps they are taking to address it. (HL7373)

Tabled on: 28 March 2022

This question was grouped with the following question(s) for answer:

1. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the displacement of the Darfuri people. (HL7372)
   Tabled on: 28 March 2022

Answer:
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: 

The humanitarian situation in Sudan is serious, including in Darfur where the UN report that at least displacement of the Darfuri people.that at least 89,000 people have been displaced since October 2021. To help address the situation, the UK contributed £27 million in 2021 to humanitarian assistance in Sudan, which provided approximately 1.2 million people with live-saving assistance such as food, cash and voucher support, safe drinking water, shelter and sanitation.

The ongoing political crisis in Sudan has exacerbated the already fragile security and humanitarian situation across the country. On 28 March we raised our concerns at the UN Security Council, including on the situation in Darfur and increases in levels of sexual violence. Since the coup, Ministers, British Embassy staff in Khartoum and senior FCDO officials have encouraged all Sudanese political actors to engage in the next phase of talks facilitated by the UN and African Union to resolve the crisis. We will continue to maintain pressure on all parties to engage in this process as the best means to begin addressing the root causes of conflict and delivering an inclusive peace for all Sudanese.

Date and time of answer: 07 Apr 2022 at 15:26.