It is markedly different, for instance, from the conflict in Ukraine, where aid has and continues to pour in from the various EU countries and the United States. This is because with all the other humanitarian crises and climate disasters going on in the world, it has been very difficult for the humanitarian effort in Sudan to receive funding. Doctors with the Red Cross and other organisations are warning that the lack of medicines and other medical supplies mean that many more people are going to die in the process of finding safe ground, adding to the total death toll from the conflict.Įarlier this week, groups like Amnesty International issued an urgent alert asking members to take action on behalf of those suffering in Sudan and taking refuge in South Sudan. The successive conflicts faced by the region - both Sudan and South Sudan - mean that the infrastructure that is available to get humanitarian aid to those who are in need of it is very weak. Instead, the two have begun to battle each other over who will control the country’s military resources. The current conflict in Sudan is between two military men who were overseeing the country’s transition to civilian rule. In South Sudan, already over 2m have been uprooted from their homes and 75pc of the 11m population is in dire need of assistance. The pressure on resources that the refugees must share can be assessed when one computes the numbers. The situation in Sudan reveals the international community’s increasing inability to respond to humanitarian crises. Neither tents nor any kind of sanitary facilities that one usually sees in UN refugee camps can be found here. There, they have built makeshift shelters using sticks and any piece of fabric lying around that they can see. Many of these people have taken refuge in an abandoned university campus. Those for whom this is a ‘return’ must once again revisit trauma, because of the dire conditions they had escaped earlier. Now, the UN estimates that at least 30,000 refugees have fled back to South Sudan. In the interim years, many of these refugees were able to build a life for themselves, finding jobs and places to live. Thousands upon thousands of South Sudanese refugees left the region to escape the war and settle in Sudan. Some of the worst conditions are faced by South Sudanese refugees who had fled to Sudan to escape the conflict that erupted in their country some years ago. The second humanitarian crisis is the death and desolation that are likely to impact these refugees. Officials from the International Rescue Committee have pointed out that the traumatised people are facing temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius in an environment where clean water is not always available. Added to the trauma and disaster confronted by these refugees is the unforgiving heat. The UN refugee agency can only prepare for a limited number of people fleeing the conflict zone to neighbouring countries, including Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan. More recently, on Monday, the UN chief issued a statement criticising the looting at the premises of the World Food Programme in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. UN Secretary General António Guterres travelled in the region last week, with the hope of refocusing the world’s attention on the hapless civilians trapped in conflicts. Food, water and medicine supplies are dwindling, and people are in an increasingly desperate state as the worsening humanitarian crisis shows no signs of letting up. The bitter battle between the two sides has led to 48 million people being trapped, with few escape routes. THE conflict that erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Response Forces is entering its fourth week.
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