{"id":4613,"date":"2023-11-17T20:21:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:21:52","slug":"humanitarian-crisis-millions-displaced-by-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/humanitarian-crisis-millions-displaced-by-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian crisis millions displaced by war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agencies – Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International organization of Migration (IOM) says half of country\u2019s population is now in need of aid and protection after months of violence, as (5) million people have been displaced by civil war in Sudan, which is facing a rapidly mounting humanitarian emergency after months of serious fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary force.<\/p>\n

The displacement figure, provided by the International Organization for Migration, echoes a warning from the UN\u2019s main refugee agency, UNHCR, that more than $1bn would be needed to support those fleeing the violence into neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

According to the IOM, more than 4 million people have been internally displaced in Sudan since the fighting erupted in mid-April between the army, led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.<\/p>\n

The agency said a further 1.1 million people had fled to neighbouring countries, more than 750,000 of them to Egypt or Chad.<\/p>\n

It said about g24.7 million Sudanese, roughly half the country\u2019s population, were in need of humanitarian aid and protection.<\/p>\n

International efforts to mediate in the conflict have so far failed. There have been at least nine ceasefire agreements, vand all have broken down, while shortages of food, water, medicines and fuel have worsened due to the disruption of trade routes, which has also pushed up prices.<\/p>\n

Later, the UNHCR appealed for $1bn to provide essential aid and protection to more than 1.8 million people expected to arrive in five neighbouring countries by the end of 2023, amounting to a two fold increase on what it initially estimated in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crisis has triggered an urgent demand for humanitarian assistance, as those arriving in remote border areas find themselves in desperate circumstances due to inadequate services, poor infrastructure and limited access,\u201d said Mamadou Dian Balde, the UNHCR regional bureau director for the east and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPartners active in this response are making every effort to support those who are arriving and their hosts, but without enough vdonor resources these efforts will be severely curtailed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Balde reported a dire health situation among new arrivals in Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan, including high malnutrition rates and disease outbreaks such as cholera and measles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is deeply distressing to receive reports of children dying from diseases that are entirely preventable, should partners have had sufficient resources,\u201d Balde said.<\/p>\n

Sudan was plunged into chaos almost five months ago when long-simmering tensions between the military escalated into open warfare. The fighting has reduced Sudan\u2019s capital, Khartoum, to an urban battlefield, with neither side managing to gain control of the city.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the western Darfur region \u2013 the scene of a genocidal campaign in the early 2000s v\u2013 the conflict has morphed into ethnic violence, with the RSF and allied Arab militias attacking ethnic African groups, according to rights groups and the UN.<\/p>\n

Formal peace negations mediated by the US and Saudi Arabia in the kingdom\u2019s coastal town of Jeddah were adjourned in late June, with both mediators publicly calling out the RSF and the army for continually violating truces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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