According to local reports, heavy bombing and attacks at the end of last week in El Fasher, the capital of the state of Darfur du Nord, killed at least six civilians and more wounded scores, triggering new trips from the already besieged city.
Sudan was shot in a brutal civil war Between the rival soldiers – the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary support forces (RSF) and the affiliated militias. Thousands of civilians have been killed, villages and agricultural land destroyed, and Nearly 12 million people driven out of their homes – More than four million refugees in neighboring countries.
The country too Risks become the greatest hunger crisis in the world In recent history as an infrastructure, commercial roads and supply chains are in ruins. Famine has already been confirmed in the Zamzam camp – which once housed hundreds of thousands of civilians – and many other areas are in danger.
Coloring of essential services
Humanitarian workers warn that essential services are decomposed. Water truck in the functional hospital alone was suspended during the weekend and community kitchens were closed after lacking food.
Without urgent support, they warn that the most vulnerable people could face severe hunger in a few days.
In the entire Darfur, hospitals remain under immense tension.
Nearly 100 injured, including women and children, were admitted to medical establishments in a single day last week, with several deaths pronounced when they arrived, according to reports from the medical charity doctors without borders (MSF – Doctors Without Borders).
The survivors who managed to escape El Fasher described “unbearable” conditions in the city, which endured more than a year of siege by the rapid support forces (RSF) and the Allied groups.
The children sit next to makeshift tents in El Fasher, in northern Darfur, where intensified fights have left thousands of people trapped.
The growing civil toll
The drone strikes on September 10 hit several locations through the Darfur, injuring the scores.
A strike landed just four kilometers (approximately 2.5 miles) from a hospital supported by the MSF in the center of Darfur, forcing the staff to activate a mass victim plan. The next day, two other strikes hit Nyala in southern Darfur, killing at least four people, including a child.
The fights are not limited to Darfur. In Khartoum, the RSF air strikes of September 9 damaged a power plant, causing a breakdown of failure in certain parts of the capital and disturbing the hospital equipment and services of the hospital.
Disasters add to misery
In the meantime, Sudan is struggling with natural disasters in addition to the conflict.
A landslide triggered by heavy rain On August 31 in Sharg Aj Jabal, near the central border and Darfur, killed around 400 people, half of the children, according to local reports.
In addition, more than 4,000 people have been moved and 550 houses destroyed in Aj Jazirah in sudden floods last week.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan are affected by heavy rain, sudden floods and landslides.
Appeal to action
The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ochha) stressed that civilians remain at the epicenter of violence.
“” [We] Once again, call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, to the protection of civilians, to safe and unhindered humanitarian access and to increased international support to maintain vital operations across Sudan,Said the office.
In Khartoum, Ocha reported some improvements in the restoration of basic services and security. However, more than 800,000 people who have returned to the capital in recent months have always needed help to rebuild their lives.
Political efforts
On the political level, the secretary general envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is currently in Port Sudan after having concluded consultations in Nairobi.
According to UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, Mr. Lamamra held “very constructive commitments” with the Sudanese stakeholders through the spectrum as well as the main international interlocutors.
“” These discussions will help set the basics necessary to support an inclusive process which can provide a lasting solution which preserves the sovereignty of Sudan, its unity and its territorial integrity,“Said Mr. Dujarric.
He added that the UN is also looking forward to working in close collaboration with regional partners, in particular the African Union, the Regional Bloc of East African Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Arab States League, to restart efforts to an intra-Sudanese dialogue.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
