Nairobi, September 4 — Sudan is experiencing a starvation crisis of historic proportions, the heads of multiple refugee councils said in a statement on Tuesday. “The silence is deafening. People are dying of hunger, every day, and yet the focus remains on semantic debates and legal definitions,” the Norwegian RefugeeContinue Reading
September 3, Nyala — Four patients at Nyala Dialysis Center in South Darfur state have died recently, and there is a severe lack of supplies in the hospital, the director, Hamid Musa, told Darfur24. Nyala is Sudan’s second largest city and was captured by the Rapid Support Forces last October. Continue Reading
September 2, Port Sudan — On Sunday the Ministry of Health said the number of cholera cases had risen to 2,583 and the death toll to 98. Over 230 new cases had been recorded in Gedaref and Kassala in southeastern Sudan. The UN Refugee Agency noted these areas of particular concernContinue Reading
August 29, Dilling — On Thursday, the Sudanese army air dropped eight large containers into Dilling, the secondest largest city in South Kordofan State. The Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement have been blockading Dilling from all directions since January, creating a food and medicine crisis in theContinue Reading
August 26, Adre — There are no medical services in a makeshift camp for Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad, health workers and refugees have told Darfur24. More than 70,000 Sudanese refugees currently reside in the makeshift camp in Adre city for Sudanese refugees, where they are waiting to be relocated.Continue Reading
August 22, Adre — Hunger is killing Sudanese refugees in camps in eastern Chad, the chairman of the new Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement, Mansour Arbab, said on Wednesday. More than 600,000 Sudanese refugees have fled violence and famine in Chad since the war broke out last April, according toContinue Reading
August 22, Adre — One hundred trucks loaded with food and medical supplies from UNICEF and the World Food Program have arrived at the Adre border crossing, on their way to camps for internally displaced persons in North, South and Central Darfur. On August 16, Sudan’s sovereign council announced thatContinue Reading
Kauda — On Monday, The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said that 37 people had died from hunger in areas under its jurisdiction in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile. This follows their announcement on August 14 that famine had hit the Nuba mountains and New Funj areas. Jatiqa AmogoContinue Reading
Port Sudan — On Sunday, Sudan’s Minister of Health, Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim announced that cholera cases have risen to 354 cases and 22 deaths. Cholera, diarrhea, dengue fever and malaria epidemics are spreading across Sudan during the rainy season and amid the ongoing war. It is estimated that between 70Continue Reading
Port Sudan — On Saturday, Sudan’s Minister of Health, Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said that the increase in mineral deposits led to the spread of diseases and environmental destruction in mining areas. Speaking to the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), he said that recent landslides in Abu Hamad resulted in the deathContinue Reading