OCHA explained that in al-Fashir South Hospital, the only working hospital in the state, only around 10 days of supplies are left, with an urgent need to restock the hospital.
Khartoum: Altaghyeer
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday said the humanitarian situation for an estimated 800,000 civilians in al-Fashir and surrounding areas in North Darfur continued to deteriorate as armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue since 10 May 2024.
The fighting, including the use of heavy weaponry in densely populated areas, has reportedly caused hundreds of civilian casualties and forced thousands of people to flee since 10 May, OCHA said.
The UN agency said humanitarian partners have received reports that basic necessities, including water, are out of reach for a growing share of the population in al-Fashir due to the ongoing fighting.
“Key roads out of the city are either blocked, subject to significant barriers, or unsafe due to the presence and activities of armed groups”, it said.
OCHA explained that in al-Fashir South Hospital, the only working hospital in the state, only around 10 days of supplies are left, with an urgent need to restock the hospital.
Humanitarians are trying to reach the city, but the current security situation is making this all but impossible “more than a dozen trucks carrying aid for more than 121,000 people have been trying to reach al-Fashir for over a month”, OCHA said.
The UN Security Council and a number of countries have repeatedly called on the warring parties in Sudan to take steps to de-escalate the situation in al-Fashir to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of displaced persons there.
According to the UN nearly 15,000 civilians were killed and more than 8 million displaced in and outside Sudan as a result of the SAF-RSF war which started in the Sudan’s capital Khartoum in 15 April 2023 and then spread to other parts of the country.
