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Questions on the warning by Médecins Sans Frontières of a critical vaccine shortage in Darfur; prediction by UNICEF’s that 700,000 Sudanese children will suffer severe malnutrition; UNICEF’s report that the 2023–24 El Niño phenomenon has led to the closure of schools in South Sudan; and the effect of the prolonged heatwave and drought on eastern and southern Africa.

Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3650): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the warning by...

Concerns about a lack of preparedness for the holding of elections in South Sudan. Government says: “The UK continues to press for implementation of South Sudan’s Peace Agreement and a peaceful transition to democracy through peaceful, credible and inclusive elections.” 

Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2824): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about a...

In the context of malaria and cholera outbreaks in Sudan replies from the Government about whether they intend to help to restore essential health services in the conflict zones of Sudan, and to support South Sudan in providing health services for refugees

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL84): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend (1) to help to restore...

Government says it is in high level contact with other Governments about the continuing conflict in Sudan and says it has provided an initial £5 million of life-saving aid to help meet the urgent needs of tens of thousands of refugees and returnees in South Sudan and Chad who have fled the violence in Sudan.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7930): Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord...

In responding to the Recommendations of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan in its Report “Genocide: All Over Again in Darfur?” Government says that when conditions in Sudan allow “the UK will lead international efforts to rebuild the Sudanese economy and mitigate the humanitarian impact across the country”

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7462): Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of...

Minister asked about the report made to the US Congress under the 2022 Elie Wiesel Act on the situation in Abyei, an area contested between Sudan and South Sudan. He says the U.K. has joined “the UN Secretary-General’s call for the African Union to intensify its mediation efforts to help reach a political solution for Abyei”

Minister asked about the report made to the US Congress under the 2022 Elie Wiesel Act on the situation in Abyei, an area contested between Sudan and South Sudan. He says the U.K. has joined “the UN Secretary-General's call for the African Union to intensify its...

Government asked, in advance of next week’s vote in the Commons about the effect of cuts to the UK aid programme on peacebuilding programmes, and peacebuilding initiatives in South Sudan; who was responsible for the attack on the village of Dungob Alei; and what progress has been made in implementing the commitments entered into in the peace deal signed in South Sudan in 2018 and which commitments are still to be put into effect.

Government asked, in advance of next week’s vote in the Commons about the effect of cuts to the UK aid programme on peacebuilding programmes, and peacebuilding initiatives in South Sudan; who was responsible for the attack on the village of Dungob Alei; and what progress has been made in implementing the commitments entered into in the peace deal signed in South Sudan in 2018 and which commitments are still to be put into effect.

A South Sudanese mother cradles her baby as health and nutrition services, water and sanitation services, education, child-friendly spaces and psychosocial support for children are all affected by conflict. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and...

South Sudan: UK says from April-July 2021, 7.2 million people -60 per cent of population – will experience high levels of acute food insecurity with “an estimated 108,000 people are projected to face catastrophic famine-like conditions.”

South Sudan: UK says from April-July 2021, 7.2 million people -60 per cent of population – will experience high levels of acute food insecurity with “an estimated 108,000 people are projected to face catastrophic famine-like conditions.”

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL14901): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...

SOUTH SUDAN: UN PEACEKEEPERS ‘ABANDON’ VILLAGE ONE HOUR BEFORE 32 CIVILIANS MASSACRED – “The scale of suffering and depth of grief is altogether overwhelming. Local people feel abandoned. They are indignant at the failure of so-called peacekeepers to provide adequate protection” Baroness Cox

SOUTH SUDAN: UN PEACEKEEPERS ‘ABANDON’ VILLAGE ONE HOUR BEFORE 32 CIVILIANS MASSACRED On Wednesday 22 January, just after 7am, nomadic Misseriya herders attacked the Dinka village of Kolom in the disputed Abyei region on the Sudan-South Sudan border. The herders...

2019- Protests Throughout Sudan. Think Again about Dealing With A Genocidal Regime. 2018 -As South Sudan celebrates seven years of independence, its people have little to cheer. Its warring leaders must make a cease fire work – and from Nigeria to the Central African Republic Africa’s leaders should see what happens when you fail to stop a radical ideology in its tracks.

2019- Protests Throughout Sudan. Think Again about Dealing With A Genocidal Regime. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-47216487/what-happens-inside-sudan-s-secret-detention-centres Lord Alton calls on British govt to reconsider dialogue with Sudan February 14,...

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For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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