The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, said on Monday—following her return from El Fasher in western Sudan—that residents are living in a state of “shock” under “degrading and unsafe conditions.”
A mission from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) managed to enter El Fasher on Friday for the first time in two months, after the city fell under the control of the Rapid Support Forces, following what Brown described as “arduous negotiations.” She made the remarks in a video interview with Agence France-Presse.
“These people are living in extremely fragile conditions,” Brown said. “Some are sheltering in abandoned buildings. Others are living in rudimentary conditions, under plastic sheeting, without sanitation and without water. These are degrading and unsafe conditions for people.”
