Africa-Press – Cape verde. The war in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) enters its third year this Tuesday and, MSF points out, people continue to be “unseen, bombed, displaced and deprived of food, medical care and basic life-saving services”. According to data from the United Nations (UN), cited in a statement, 60% of the country’s 50 million inhabitants – around 30 million – are in need of humanitarian assistance and people are facing simultaneous health crises and limited access to public health care. Therefore, MSF reiterates its call on the warring parties, and their allies, to ensure the protection of civilians and humanitarian aid personnel and to lift all restrictions on the movement of material and personnel, “especially as the rainy season approaches”. “Everywhere you look in Sudan, there are overwhelming, urgent and unmet needs. Millions of people are receiving almost no humanitarian assistance, medical facilities and staff continue to be attacked, and the global humanitarian system is failing to provide even a fraction of what is needed,” said MSF emergency coordinator Claire San Filippo, quoted in the statement.
“Over the past two years, both warring parties have repeatedly and indiscriminately bombed densely populated areas,” the international medical humanitarian organization stressed.
In particular, RSF and its allies “have unleashed a campaign of brutality, including systematic sexual violence, kidnappings, mass killings, looting of aid, destruction of civilian neighborhoods and occupation of medical facilities. But both sides have besieged cities, destroyed vital infrastructure and blocked humanitarian aid,” it denounced.
Sudan is facing war and multiple overlapping health emergencies, such as “traumatic injuries resulting directly from violent attacks” and outbreaks of measles, cholera and diphtheria.
Dr. Hanan Ismail Othman, a doctor who gave MSF a testimony, said the war has led to an increase in cases of anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression and sleep disorders.
For the doctor, these have been the worst two years of his life, because “everyone has lost someone or at least knows someone who has lost someone”.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 70% of health facilities in conflict-affected areas are barely operational or completely closed.
“The people of Sudan have already endured this horror for two years too many, they cannot and should not wait any longer,” reiterated MSF, which currently supports more than 33 health facilities in ten states of the country.
For More News And Analysis About Cape verde Follow Africa-Press
