September 4, Kabum — The State Ministry of Health in South Darfur has restored service to Kabum Hospital, 100 km northwest of Nyala, after sending three medical doctors. The hospital had been out of service for over a month. The head of the civil administration in Kabum, Adam Zakaria Shambal, toldContinue Reading
September 4, El Fasher — Hospitals and pharmacies in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur State, are facing shortages of life-saving medicine. A medical source in the Saudi hospital — who preferred to remain anonymous — said that patients’ health is deteriorating, particularly those with diabetes. On Tuesday, the acting governorContinue Reading
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