The top United Nations humanitarian official is heading to the Sudan region. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KHARTOUM – The top United Nations humanitarian official is heading to the Sudan region due to the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis” in the conflict-racked country, the UN chief said.
“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the broader region,” said Mr Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for Mr Guterres, in a statement. “There has been very heavy fighting and loud gunfire,” a southern Khartoum resident told AFP earlier in the day.
With projectiles crashing into residential buildings, supplies running short and daily life increasingly untenable for civilians, foreign nations have scrambled to evacuate their nationals by air, road and sea. On Saturday, the Health Ministry said the violence has wounded around 4,600 people and killed at least 528.The UN World Food Programme has warned the unrest could plunge millions more into hunger in a country where 15 million people already needed aid to stave off famine.
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