Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April
The United Nations estimates 25 million people, or more than half the population, now need help, up from 16 million before the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began fighting.
At least 1.2 million people have been displaced inside Sudan and another 400,000 have fled to neighbouring states. "It's almost impossible to get anything from outside Darfur into Darfur at the moment," said MSF's Dangelser. But OCHA said only 129 of the 168 truck deliveries that were ready to deliver aid since May 24 had reached their destinations around Sudan.People unload boxes containing medical aid off a plane from Kenya, following the crisis in Sudan's capital Khartoum, at the military airport in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ibrahim Mohammed IshakAid agencies also say they have struggled to secure visas to Sudan or travel permits to deliver relief inside the country.
MSF said it had teams stranded for more than two weeks in Port Sudan without being allowed to move to other states.
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