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Refugees, War and Famine in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Roger P. Winter
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Sudan today is confronting the possibility of preventable human death on a massive scale. The framework for responding has dramatically deteriorated in the last year. The scope of the disaster is essentially nationwide with 9 to 11 million people in jeopardy of starvation. About half of the at-risk population is war-related, and half drought-related— but the two forces are interacting to produce the level of vulnerability. This contrasts somewhat with the at-risk population in 1988, which was made up primarily of war affected southerners, of whom a quarter-of-a-million died.

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Research Article
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African Issues , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , Summer 1991 , pp. 56 - 61
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1991 

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Roger P. Winter has been director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees since 1981. In this capacity, he has led this private, nonprofit agency in its documentation and public information activities on behalf of refugee protection and assistance around the world. Prior to joining USCR, Winter was appointed as the first permanent director of the US. Office of Refugee Resettlement, the lead federal agency in the domestic resettlement of refugees. Before joining the federal government, Winter served for ten years as Assistant Human Resources and Assistant Budget Secretary for the State of Maryland.