The crisis in the country does not stop! More than 4.3 million people were displaced
The spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), William Spindler, made assessments of the civil war that has been going on since April 15 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (HDK), which the government declared insurgents, in the weekly press. Conference of the UN Office in Geneva.
“Since the start of the conflict in Sudan, 4.3 million people have been forcibly displaced. This number includes more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers who went to neighboring countries and 195,000 South Sudanese who had to return to South Sudan. More than 3.2 million people have been internally displaced in Sudan since the start of the conflict.” saying.
Noting that the crowds in Sudan and neighboring countries will increase if Sudanese continue to flee where they are, Spindler said they continue to provide life-saving support wherever they can go.
53 ATTACKS ON HEALTH CENTERS
World Health Organization (WHO) spokeswoman Margaret Harris noted that the conflicts in Sudan have devastating effects on people’s lives and health.
“About 67 percent of the hospitals in the areas most affected by the conflict are out of service,” Harris said. The WHO confirmed 53 attacks on health centers in these 4 months of conflict. These attacks resulted in 11 deaths, 38 injuries, and tens of thousands of people denied access to medical care. he said.
Emphasizing that ongoing epidemics such as measles, malaria and dengue fever in Sudan are difficult to control due to the deteriorating health system, Harris noted that more than 40 percent of the country faces hunger.
CRISIS IN SUDAN
The Sudanese Army wanted the full integration of the HDK into the army within 2 years, which it once supported but saw as a threat because it was acting as an independent and parallel army.
The war of words and tension, which began with the HDK’s announcement that it could accept this in a period of about 10 years after civilian rule, turned into an armed conflict between the parties, in the capital Khartoum and several cities, in the morning. from April 15.
More than 3,000 people, most of them civilians, lost their lives and tens of thousands were injured in the fierce fighting that is still going on in and around Khartoum, especially in the western cities. (AA)