Qatari Aid Arrives in Khartoum Yesterday
Sudan Events – Agencies
On Thursday, planes from Qatar’s fourth air bridge for relief efforts arrived at Port Sudan Airport to assist those affected by the floods and rains in Sudan, while UN aid trucks began entering the Darfur region through the border with Chad.
The arrival of the fourth air bridge planes is part of Qatar’s ongoing and urgent response efforts to support the affected families and strengthen their resilience, “funded by the Qatar Fund for Development, and within the framework of the distinguished humanitarian and fraternal relations between the two countries.”
The relief teams were received by the Qatari Chargé d’Affaires Abdullah bin Rashid Al-Mahandi, a representative of the Humanitarian Aid Commission, and teams from Qatar Charity and the Qatar Red Crescent in Sudan.
The aid includes 570 tents to shelter families whose homes were recently destroyed by floods and rains in the Northern State and Nile River State.
Technical teams from Qatar Charity and the Qatar Red Crescent are working on distributing the aid to those affected in the field.
Hamid Abdelwahab, Director of the Emergency Department at the Federal Humanitarian Aid Commission, said there is full coordination between the commission and the Qatari associations working in Sudan to deliver aid to those in need.
In the same context, trucks carrying relief aid entered the Darfur region through the Adré crossing on the border with Chad.
The World Food Programme stated on Wednesday that white corn, pulses, oil, and rice crossed the border for about 13,000 people on Tuesday evening.
The statement clarified that they have enough food for 500,000 people ready to move, awaiting the facilitation of access procedures to the areas threatened.
A document issued by the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission showed that the procedures set by the government included the presence of Sudanese authorities and soldiers in Chadian warehouses and at the border to conduct inspections.
In a statement issued late Wednesday, the Rapid Support Forces welcomed the delivery of aid.
Reuters, citing relief agencies, reported that the Rapid Support Forces had previously looted aid trucks and warehouses on multiple occasions.
It is worth noting that the Sudanese army has been fighting the Rapid Support Forces since mid-April 2023.
The war between the two sides has resulted in approximately 18,800 deaths and nearly 10 million displaced persons and refugees, according to the United Nations.
There are growing calls from the UN and international community to end this war to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe that has already pushed millions towards famine and death due to food shortages caused by fighting that has spread to 13 out of 18 states.
