Canadian leadership can ease Sudan’s devastating humanitarian crisis

Canadians should be shocked and angry to learn about reports that weapons made here have found their way to the Sudan conflict that has delivered so much tragedy to civilians and those trying to assist them.

Zahra Hamid with her sons in Tawila, North Darfur. She has survived repeated displacement, injury, hunger, and the disappearance of her brother. Now in its fourth year, the Sudan civil war remains devastating humanitarian disaster, write Allison Alley and Conrad Sauvé. Photograph courtesy of International Committee of the Red Cross

Opinion

BY ALLISON ALLEY, CONRAD SAUVé

August 17, 2026

Canadians have been asked by Prime Minister Mark Carney to accept “the world as it is, not wait for a world we wish to be,” if we are to navigate the chaos and uncertainty that has washed over the globe.