UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday stated that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that civilian casualties have been reported in several recent incidents along the Sudan-Chad border.
“Near Sudan’s border with Ethiopia, clashes are threatening humanitarian access to the towns of Kurmuk, Sali, and Dindraw, south of Ed Damazine, the capital of Blue Nile State. The violence has triggered civilian displacement, with people moving toward Ed Damazine and across the border into Ethiopia,” Dujarric said while briefing the press in New York. “In the Kordofan region, it was reported that more drone strikes caused civilian casualties in the town of Lagawa in West Kordofan and the town of Dilling in South Kordofan on Monday.”
“OCHA once again calls on all parties to de-escalate tensions, protect civilians, and ensure rapid, safe, unimpeded, and sustained humanitarian access to all people in need,” he added.
Dujarric also revealed that fires in displacement sites are increasing due to overcrowding, high temperatures, flammable shelter materials, open‑fire cooking practices, and dry, seasonal winds.
“On Monday, a fire killed a three-year-old child and uprooted 15 families in the Al Afad site for displaced people in the town of Ad Dabbah in Northern State,” he said. “On the same day, a fire in the village of Al Bnia Alzain in the locality of Um Dam Haj Ahmed in North Kordofan reportedly displaced 30 families.”