He said fighters had pulled back from some of the health facilities previously occupied and highlighted an uptick in aid deliveries, but added: "We do need much more."
He voiced hope that an agreement reached by the two sides last week to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure and to let in badly needed aid was having some effect. He lamented that the humanitarian community had suffered numerous attacks, with aid workers killed, offices and stockpiles looted. Those funds will allow aid agencies to reach 18 million of the most vulnerable people inside the country, Rajasingham said. The UN said $2.56 billion is now expected to be needed to provide assistance inside Sudan - up from $1.75 billion estimated at the end of last year. The fighting has deepened the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where one in three already relied on assistance before the war. He also pointed to "worrying reports of increased sexual violence", and warned "children are especially vulnerable in this chaos that is unfolding". More than 5,000 people have been injured and millions more remain confined to their homes, unable to access basic services and health care, Rajasingham said. "That is the highest number we have ever seen in the country."īattles erupted on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Īround 1,000 people have been killed, in and around Khartoum and the ravaged state of West Darfur, according to medics. "Today, 25 million people - more than half the population of Sudan - needs humanitarian aid and protection," Ramesh Rajasingham, head of the UN humanitarian agency's Geneva bureau, told reporters. Needs have soared since a bloody conflict erupted in Sudan last month, the UN said, dramatically revising up its response plan.
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