Nyala, June 29 (Darfur24)
Displaced people sheltering in Nyala, South Darfur State, say they are facing increasingly dire living conditions, with severe shortages of food, clean water and medical care, particularly for people living with chronic illnesses.
Nyala has received thousands of people displaced by fighting in Kordofan, North Darfur and Khartoum, many of whom are now living in temporary shelters across the city.
Mariam Mohamed, who fled Babanusa in West Kordofan with her family and is now staying at the Mahira shelter, told Darfur24 that displaced families are struggling to meet even their most basic needs.
“We face severe shortages of food and drinking water,” she said, adding that people with chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes are among the hardest hit because of limited access to medicines and healthcare.
Mariam said volunteers running the shelter’s communal kitchen try to stretch the limited food supplies by prioritizing children and people who are ill before serving the remaining displaced families.
Other displaced residents in Nyala also told Darfur24 that humanitarian assistance remains insufficient and that the lack of employment opportunities has forced many families to survive on low-quality food.
According to local authorities, Nyala is hosting over 30,000 displaced people, with some residing in shelters and others taken in by host families.
Emergency response rooms and health centres remain the primary providers of assistance to displaced communities, but aid workers say their efforts are increasingly constrained by limited funding and growing humanitarian needs.