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The first and foremost goal of humanitarian aid is to save lives. But what if humanitarian action becomes an element in a conflict? During this second edition of Hot Humanitarian Topics we talk with South-Sudanese scientist Jok Madut Jok about the unintended consequences of humanitarian aid in South-Sudan and other African countries.
Jok Madut Jok, the executive director of the South Sudanese think thank Sud Institute, is critical on the role of humanitarian aid in the civil war in South Sudan: “If the international community did not help, my assessment is that political leaders no longer allow people to die, and they would stop the war”.
Jok Madut Jok will give a short keynote speech, followed by a panel discussion with Bram Jansen (Wageningen University), Akke Boere (Doctors without Borders) and Björn Hofmann (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Afairs).
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