Sudan conflict: David Lammy ‘horrified’ after meeting war victims face-to-face

The UK foreign secretary urges the world not to forget Sudan after visiting those fleeing to Chad.

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Under the sweltering sun, David Lammy visited the Adré border post on Friday to witness first-hand the impact of Sudan's civil war which erupted when the army and its former ally, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fell out.

Those who make it over the border have often been separated from their families in the chaos to escape and are desperate to see if their relatives have made it over safely.

"It's some of the most horrific things I've ever heard and seen in my life," said Lammy.

"Overwhelmingly, what I've seen here in Chad, on the border with Sudan, are women and children fleeing for their lives - telling stories of widespread slaughter, mutilation, burning, sexual violence against them, their children. And amongst it all, famine, hunger - such unbelievable plight."

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