25 million people in need: the situation in Sudan is becoming increasingly disastrous

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Nearly 25 million people were in need of humanitarian aid, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva on Friday.

Four million children and pregnant or nursing mothers are acutely malnourished.

The World Food Program (WFP) is trying to feed at least 5.9 million people in the coming months, but urgently needs more money, a spokesman said. The WFP is concerned about the next harvest. The sowing of sorghum, one of the most important grains in Sudan, actually starts in June. Apart from the security situation, seed and fertilizer prices have skyrocketed.

According to the WHO spokeswoman, about 2.2 million people have been displaced by the fighting. Of these, 528,000 fled to neighboring countries. More than 200,000 reached Egypt, about 150,000 Chad and 110,000 South Sudan. Even before fighting broke out in April, there were 3.7 million displaced people in the country.

In the capital, only every fifth clinic or practice is fully operational, reports the WHO spokeswoman. Due to the threat of shelling, nurses and patients cannot reach the clinics. The WHO fears disease outbreaks because there is not enough drinking water and people in need drink unfiltered water from rivers. She also fears additional cases of malaria and dengue fever as operations to stop the spread of mosquitoes have been halted.

Referring to the Sudanese Ministry of Health, the WHO listed 1,073 dead and 11,704 injured as a result of the fighting up to June 14. Because it is difficult to gather information in many places, the UN organizations assume that the actual numbers are significantly higher.

In mid-April, a power struggle broke out in Sudan between the president and the vice president. The military is fighting vice presidential militias.

(SDA)

Source: Blick