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Business Insider
3 days ago
- Politics
- Business Insider
Restricted aid, rising deaths mark worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan
Sudan's humanitarian crisis is worsening as violent clashes in Kordofan and Darfur leave hundreds dead, thousands displaced, and aid access increasingly restricted. The conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has intensified, causing immense humanitarian challenges. Regions such as Kordofan and Darfur face restricted humanitarian access and rampant destruction, exacerbating conditions for civilians. Aid agencies report difficulties in operations due to safety concerns and describe the crisis as one of the world's worst displacements. The conflict, rooted in a power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has claimed at least 40,000 lives since April 2023 and plunged the country into one of the world's worst hunger and displacement crises. In North Kordofan, over 450 civilians, including at least 35 children, were killed around the town of Bara during the weekend of July 12, according to the United Nations. The RSF was blamed for at least 60 of these deaths starting July 10, with civil groups estimating as many as 300. A military airstrike that same week killed 11 members of a single family in Bara, while air raids in West Kordofan left at least 23 civilians dead and over two dozen injured. Aid operations halted amid escalating insecurity Kadry Furany of Mercy Corps described a dire situation where communities are trapped by shifting front lines, unable to flee or access lifesaving aid. The organization has suspended operations in three of four localities, and access beyond Kadugli, South Kordofan's capital, is now in serious doubt. Movement across the region is nearly impossible, and the need for a sustained humanitarian corridor is urgent. One aid worker's brother was killed in an attack on Um Seimima village on July 13, underscoring the personal toll on those trying to help. Villages are being destroyed, and most humanitarian agencies cannot operate in the region. 'It is a complete war zone,' said Mathilde Vu of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Darfur buckles under new displacement and disease Fighting has pushed hundreds of people from Kordofan into Tawila, North Darfur, a region already overwhelmed by previous displacements from Zamzam Camp and Al Fasher. Since April, Tawila has taken in 379,000 displaced persons. Those fleeing walk long distances with little food or water and sleep in the open. Measles has begun to spread in Zalingi, West Darfur, due to the influx. In May alone, over 46,000 people were displaced from West Kordofan. In North Darfur, five children were killed by shelling in El Fasher, and flooding in Dar As Salam displaced 400 more between July 14 and 15. Cholera outbreaks, f ood insecurity, and continued violence are compounding the crisis. ' Another aid worker added, 'The situation is getting worse every day and that's what war is.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Sudan's humanitarian crisis worsens amid escalating violence in Kordofan and Darfur
Sudan Kordofan Darfur CAIRO (AP) — Fighting in Sudan's Kordofan region that has killed hundreds and ongoing violence in Darfur — the epicenters of the country's conflict — have worsened Sudan's humanitarian crisis, with aid workers warning of limited access to assistance. The United Nations said more than 450 civilians, including at least 35 children, were killed during the weekend of July 12 in attacks in villages surrounding the town of Bara in North Kordofan province. 'The suffering in Kordofan deepens with each passing day,' Mercy Corps Country Director for Sudan,, Kadry Furany, said in a statement shared with The Associated Press. 'Communities are trapped along active and fast changing front lines, unable to flee, unable to access basic needs or lifesaving assistance.' At least 60 killed in Bara over the last week Sudan plunged into war after simmering tensions between the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, escalated to fighting in April 2023. The violence has killed at least 40,000 people and created one of the world's worst displacement and hunger crises, according to humanitarian organizations. In recent months, much of the fighting has been concentrated in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. On Thursday, the U.N. human rights office confirmed that since July 10, the RSF has killed at least 60 civilians in the town of Bara, while civil society groups reported up to 300 people were killed, the office said. A military airstrike on Thursday in Bara killed at least 11 people, all from the same family, according to the U.N. office. Meanwhile, between July 10 and 14, the army killed at least 23 civilians and injured over two dozen others after striking two villages in West Kordofan. An aid worker with Mercy Corps said his brother was fatally shot on July 13 during an attack on the village of Um Seimima in El Obeid City in North Kordofan, Grace Wairima Ndungu, the group's communications manager told AP. Furany said that movement between the western and eastern areas of the Kordofan region is 'practically impossible.' The intensified fighting forced Mercy Corps to temporarily suspend operations in three out of four localities, with access beyond Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, now being in 'serious doubt,' Furany said, as a safe sustained humanitarian corridor is needed. Fighting in Kordofan worsens displacement Mathilde Vu, an aid worker with the Norwegian Refugee Council who is often based in Port Sudan, told AP that fighting has intensified in North Kordofan and West Kordofan over the past several months. 'A large number of villages are being destroyed, burned to the ground, people being displaced,' she said. 'What is extremely worrying about the Kordofan is that there is very little information and not a lot of organizations are able to support. It is a complete war zone there.' Marwan Taher, a project coordinator with humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, told AP that military operations in Kordofan heightened insecurity prompting scores of people to flee to Darfur, a region already in a dire humanitarian situation. Though exact figures are yet to be confirmed, Taher estimated that hundreds were recently displaced from Kordofan to Tawila in North Darfur province. The NRC said that since April, Tawila has already received 379,000 people escaping violence in famine-hit Zamzam Camp and Al Fasher. Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration recently reported that over 46,000 people were displaced from different areas in West Kordofan in May alone due to clashes between warring parties. Taher said those fleeing Kordofan to Tawila walk long distances with barely enough clothes and little water, and sleep on the streets until they arrive at the area they want to settle in. The new wave of displacement has brought diseases, including measles, which began spreading in parts of Zalingi in West Darfur in March and April as camps received people fleeing Kordofan. Flooding and attacks worsen Darfur's already dire situation Aid workers also warned about ongoing fighting in Darfur. Vu said there have been 'uninterrupted campaigns of destruction' against civilians in North Darfur. 'In Darfur there's been explicit targeting of civilians. There's been explicit execution,' she said. Shelling killed five children Wednesday in El Fasher in North Darfur, according to U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay. Meanwhile, between July 14 and 15, heavy rains and flooding displaced over 400 people and destroyed dozens of homes in Dar As Salam, North Darfur. With a looming rainy season, a cholera outbreak and food insecurity, the situation in Darfur is 'getting worse every day and that's what war is,' said Taher.
Arab Times
12-07-2025
- Health
- Arab Times
Sudanese paramilitary attack leaves at least 4 dead
CAIRO, July 12,(AP): The fight between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has escalated in Sudan's central Kordofan region, killing at least four people, healthcare workers said on Friday. Sudan's paramilitary forces launched artillery shelling on neighborhoods in Obeid city, the capital of North Kordofan province, on Thursday night, killing at least four people and injuring others, Sudan Doctors' Network said in a statement. The group said the shelling targeted women and elderly people. "The RSF is targeting civilians with guided artillery rockets, deliberately inflicting fatalities in the neighborhoods of El-Obeid, which ... are densely populated with displaced people and those who fled from areas under RSF control,' the group said. The fighting in North Kordofan displaced around 700 households between July 4 and July 9, according to the latest update by the International Organization for Migration. Obeid city was previously an RSF stronghold. The Sudanese military broke the RSF's yearlong siege in February, restoring access in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes. The city is home to a major airbase and the military's 5th Infantry Division, known as Haganah. Sudan plunged into civil war in April 2023 after simmering tensions between the army and its rival paramilitary RSF escalated to fighting in the capital Khartoum and spread across the country. The war has killed over 40,000 people and displaced over 10 million people, according to the latest estimates by the United Nations. Many have also been pushed to the brink of famine and suffer from disease outbreaks. The fighting has recently intensified in the Kordofan and Darfur regions. The humanitarian crisis has deepened in these areas, with civilians facing blocked access to safe roads and struggling to obtain food and medical care. Global humanitarian aid group Mercy Corps says the Kordofan region has become the epicenter of the ongoing war as fighting continues in North, South, and West Kordofan, limiting access to food, water, medical care and safe roads. "In Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, our team describes a city under siege. Roads have been cut off, supply lines have collapsed, and residents are walking miles just to search for salt or matches,' Kadry Furany, the group's Sudan country director, said in a statement.
