Block 6
Following the coup d’etat that sprung up in Sudan just a few days ago, Sunday the 15th, a cease-fire was supposed to occur, but only a few hours into the cease-fire, shots were fired, and the whole thing fell apart. Humanitarian aid, was suspended and progress made by humanitarian powers was zeroed. This article discusses the negative effects created by the destruction of the cease-fire, and can point out, with news to come out, the feelings of those countries who attempted to send help, and were set back, wasting money and possibly even losing material in combination with that.
Analyzing the important message made by this article, it can be assumed that the UN, and humanitarian sending countries and organisations are not going to be happy with the now uncertainty behind the solidity of the “cease-fire agreement” in Sudan. These setbacks, and the uncertainty are even more bolstered by the humanitarian workers that were killed, which in combination with the suspension of humanitarian activities as a result of the danger being in red-zone of the conflict where the most citizens will be suffering. The World Food Programme lost 3 humanitarian workers following the breaking of the cease-fire, which was a false sense of security for all the organisations, but so far only the WFP has confirmed the loss of those 3 workers. With the danger, these organisations will be restricted and limited on when they will be authorized to be able to go in, and with the suffering in the areas where the most violence is occuring, the damage is getting to be so bad that fears of the coup causing more destruction than thought, over a longer period of time, are growing larger. Overall, humanitarian contributors, are losing money, and with the lack of help to be provided, the humanitarian crisis is going to likely drag on for longer, and depending on which force comes out in control, the help may not come in good time, or not in time at all, as the damage continues to dig itself into a deeper, uglier hole.
Connecting this article to topics learned in class, the UN and other organisations(mostly non-profit) are going to be pulled into helping the Sudanese, and talks between the Sudanese forces, and these organisations are going to have to be deep and almost alliance like as it is required both sides commit to the cease-fire so help can be given. Depending on how the organisations work it out, there may continue to be a collective goods/efforts problem as agreements between all the parties so far as seen in the cease-fire failure are not of equal contribution, which again, creates a collective goods problem, which if continues, humanitarian aid will work at a snails pace in Sudan for the weeks to come.