LONDON: In Sudan’s North Darfur region, by all accounts, a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding as hospitals overflow, food supplies dwindle and families flee violence that has engulfed El-Fasher.
Since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces stormed the city in late October, aid workers have been overwhelmed as civilians arrive on foot in nearby towns while many others remain missing.
“Right now, many people are arriving to locations like Tawila, Al-Malha, Melit and Kosti with no possessions and in desperate need of humanitarian support,” Kashif Shafique, country director at Relief International Sudan, told Arab News by email.
“Terrifyingly, hundreds of thousands are still missing and unaccounted for. It will take some families weeks to reach safe havens; a lot of people who were already severely malnourished are in open deserts without enough to eat or drink.”
At least 1,500 people were killed in just two days as residents tried to flee, said Tasneem Al-Amin, a spokesperson for the Sudan Doctors Network. (Reuters)
