The UN estimates that more than 3 billion dollars are needed in humanitarian aid and for refugees in Sudan, where the humanitarian crisis has been further aggravated by heavy fighting since mid-April.
For humanitarian aid alone, the UN says it needs 2.6 billion dollars, according to its revised estimates, where the organization asked for 1.75 billion in December. These funds should allow agencies in charge of humanitarian aid to treat the approximately 18 million most vulnerable people in the country, according to Ramesh Rajasingham, head of humanitarian affairs at the UN.
The sequel after the ad
In Sudan, the new seven-day truce is shattered as soon as it comes into force
For refugees who have fled the fighting, the UN is asking for $470.4 million, adding that it expects to see up to 1.1 million people leave Sudan this year. “Today, 25 million people, more than half of Sudan’s population, need humanitarian assistance and protection”Ramesh Rajasingham told reporters.
More than 700,000 displaced
Fighting between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane’s army and General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries, which began on April 15, left around a thousand dead and a million displaced and displaced. refugees in Sudan.
The fighting has worsened the humanitarian situation in the country, where one in three people already depended on humanitarian aid before the war. Two weeks ago, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, estimated that “more than 800,000 people” could flee the deadly fighting in Sudan.
In Sudan, hundreds of thousands flee deadly fighting
“To date, the crisis, which began a month ago, has caused the mass exodus to neighboring countries of around 220,000 refugees”Raouf Mazou, a UNHCR official, told the press.
At the same time, more than 700,000 people have been displaced inside Sudan. “Countless people remain trapped in Sudan, innocent victims of this indiscriminate fighting”he added.
