A spokesman for displaced people in Darfur said on Monday that more than 1,000 people from the city of Al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur state, have arrived in Tawila after fleeing a sharp deterioration in security and humanitarian conditions.
Adam Rajjal, spokesman for the Darfur Coordination of the Displaced and Refugees, said in a statement that “about 360 families, comprising 1,117 individuals, fled Al-Fashir and arrived on Monday in the Tawila area of North Darfur, escaping the deteriorating security and living conditions.”
He added that the total number of displaced families who have reached Tawila between 18 and 27 October has risen to 831 families, totaling 3,038 people, noting that most are living in extremely harsh humanitarian conditions with no basic services available.
Rajjal said the newly arrived families “lack the minimum means of subsistence,” and urgently need safe drinking water, medical care, nutrition and food, shelter materials, protection and education services, psychosocial support, and other emergency humanitarian assistance.
He called on the United Nations, its agencies, and local and international humanitarian organizations to move immediately to provide life-saving services and assistance to these displaced people who are living in dire and horrific conditions.
