Angelina Jolie is continuing her humanitarian work, raising awareness for support needed for those displaced by conflict in Sudan.The Oscar winner, 49, shared a photo on Instagram from her visit with refugees in Adré, Chad, who have escaped Sudan amid an ongoing internal conflict in the African country that began in 2023.
Jolie urged the United Nations to “scale up the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region” as the U.N. held its 2024 General Assembly in New York City.
“The people I’ve listened to have endured unspeakable violence and have lost everything. The support from local responders here has been a lifeline for refugees who have otherwise been forgotten by the world,” Jolie said in a statement about her visit.
“It is incredible to see what they have been able to achieve and the lives they have managed to save, and all the time world leaders have stood silent or turned the other way.”
Jolie, who worked with the U.N.’s refugee agency in multiple positions between 2001 and 2022, wrote on Instagram that the conflict in Sudan has left more than 10 million displaced within the country, while more than 2 million others have fled to neighboring countries. As Jolie wrote, some 25.6 million people in the region “are facing acute hunger.
Source: eNCA
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