Why Nobody Will Stop Sudan's Looming Massacre

Eight short months ago, the world witnessed one of this century's worst massacres. After roughly 550 days of siege, the Sudanese paramilitary rapids of all forces over and the city of Al-Fashir in Darfur unleashing a wave of bloodshed. Exactly how many died is unknown.

Lower bound estimates suggest that 6,000 people perished in three days. Higher bound estimates put the figure closer to 100,000 people killed across six weeks, with most analysts settling on a mid-range estimate of at least 60,000 dead.

In an interview with Sudanese radio station Dabanger in January, Nathaniel Raymond of Yale's humanitarian research lab put the numbers in context, quoting, "Al-Fashir is, given the numbers we have now, speaking conservatively, a mass casualty event that rivals the initial death toll after the atomic bombing in Nagasaki." Now if you've been following this