The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths says the war in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions as the viral conflict, coupled with hunger, disease and displacement now threatens to consume the entire country.
A Sudanese refugee girl who fled ethnic violence in Sudan's Darfur region, sits on her family's belongings outside the house of a Chadian family where they took refuge, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 14, 202A Sudanese refugee girl who fled ethnic violence in Sudan's Darfur region, sits on her family's belongings outside the house of a Chadian family where they took refuge, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 14, 202the war...
His hard-hitting statement also warned that hundreds of thousands of children were already severely malnourished and were at imminent risk of death if left untreated, with millions displaced inside the country, nearly one million people have fled across borders in an already acutely fragile region. UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Spokesperson, Jens Laerke says, “The fighting has internally displaced more than 3.6 million people, while nearly one million have fled across the borders.
World Health Organisation Spokesperson Tarik Jasarevi says, “There are reports of dengue, measles, acute watery diarrhoea, but also of severe acute malnutrition. So, just give you some numbers. There were like 2199 suspected measles cases, with 30 deaths, 300 acute watery diarrhoea, and seven deaths. Malaria cases as well. But again, reporting is not easy, so all these are just underestimates.”
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