Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who escaped conflicts in various parts of Darfur to seek refuge in El Fasher town, North Darfur, are facing challenging humanitarian conditions in the shelter centers. The number of displaced people fleeing the ravages of war is on the rise.
Residents from the eastern and northern neighborhoods, as well as those in the Abuja and Naivasha camps in El Fasher, are continuing to migrate toward the southern part of the town.
The displacement is impacting the food situation, with supplies running out on Friday morning in the shelter centers, including those for schools.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, several IDPs in Al-Janoubia, Tempasi, and Ibn Sina camps expressed their plight on Friday, stating that they have exhausted their food supplies amid a continued influx of new arrivals to Tawila.
Mukhtar Ismael Hamid, the head of camp management at Al Tawila camp, highlighted the challenges, including the spread of fevers and malaria, coupled with the cessation of health services previously provided by the Sultan Center and the Southern Hospital.
“The health situation in the camp is extremely dire,” Hamid said.
He explained that due to a shortage of food in many camps within the town, IDPs are constantly moving between camps, disrupting the food supply. “Our current food stock can only last for two days,” Hamid disclosed.
Hamid pointed out that women and children are the most affected in the camp due to the lack of essential services catering to their needs. “They are currently facing the most hardship, and unfortunately, we have nothing to provide for them,” he stated.
There is an insufficient water supply, with a daily consumption rate of 100 barrels per day for one center. Hamid urgently called on aid organizations to intervene and save the lives of the displaced persons in need.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in a power struggle in Sudan that has killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians.
The United Nations assistant secretary-general for Africa, Ghanaian diplomat Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, recently expressed alarm over the deteriorating crisis in a Security Council meeting, where she told members: “Sudan is facing a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis.”