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PRECISE – Violence is intensifying across Sudan’s North Darfur state following the takeover of the state’s capital, El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces, UN humanitarians said.
Multiple air and drone strikes were reported across the areas of El Fasher, Tina and Wana Mountain, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Local sources reported civilian casualties, but OCHA said it was unable to verify the reports due to limited access and the difficulty of communicating with people in the affected areas.
OCHA also said that in spite of the hazardous operating environment, the United Nations and its partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance wherever access permits.
It added that the world body and its partners were scaling up therapeutic feeding and vitamin supplementation programmes.
It further said that efforts continue to ensure safe deliveries and emergency care for pregnant women through mobile clinics.
The office said that in Sudan’s Kordofan region, the security situation was also worsening.
Local sources reported that at least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured on Monday in an attack on a funeral gathering in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state.
”Once again, OCHA calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for all parties to protect civilians and respect international humanitarian law,” the office said.
On Monday, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, condemned continued attacks on healthcare in Sudan, after the Kernoi Pediatric and Maternity Hospital in North Darfur was struck.
He said that such attacks on healthcare must stop everywhere. (Xinhua/NAN)
