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UN official says Sudan paramilitary group is preventing life-saving aid from famine-hit Darfur

The United Nations accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces of blocking aid to the famine-hit Darfur region, as stated by Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the U.N. Resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan.
Famine has been declared in three areas of North Darfur, with expectations of spreading to five more by May, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
Nearly seven million people in Darfur are facing crisis levels of hunger, as reported by IPC figures.
The conflict in Sudan has created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises, affecting nearly 25 million people, according to the United Nations.

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UN official says Sudan paramilitary group is preventing life-saving aid from famine-hit Darfur

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Sudan says the paramilitary group at war with the military in Sudan is preventing life-saving aid from reaching many people in the famine-hit Darfur region.

13 days ago·United States

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The New Arab

UN accuses RSF of blocking aid to famine stricken Darfur

The United Nations on Monday accused Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of blocking aid to the war-torn country's famine-threatened Darfur region. The RSF, which has been at war with the regular army since April 2023, controls nearly all of Darfur, a western region the size of France. Since May, it has besieged North Darfur's El-Fashir and attacked displacement camps nearby. "The persistent restrictions and bureaucratic hurdles" imposed b…

13 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Punch Newspapers

UN accuses Sudan of blocking aid to war-torn Darfur

The United Nations on Monday accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of blocking aid to the war-torn country’s famine-threatened Darfur region. The RSF, which has been at war with the regular army since April 2023, controls nearly all of Darfur, a western region the size of France. Since May, it has besieged North Darfur’s El-Fasher

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VOA

Daybreak Africa: UN accuses Sudan paramilitaries of blocking Darfur aid

On Daybreak Africa: The United Nations accuses Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of blocking aid to the war-torn country's famine-threatened Darfur region, according to the French News Agency (AFP). Plus, an uneasy calm returned to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma. We’ll have a conversation with former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn about his life after public service. Sudan’s military leader sets conditio…

12 days ago

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عكاظ

UN: Rapid Support Forces Prevent Aid from Reaching Darfur

While the Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces (Taqaddum) announced its division into two factions due to a lack of consensus on the war and achieving peace in Sudan, the United Nations accused the Rapid Support Forces today (Monday) of preventing aid from reaching the famine-threatened Darfur region in the war-torn country. The UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta Salami, said: “The ongoing restric…

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Quotidiano Nazionale

UN: Paramilitary forces block humanitarian aid in Darfur, humanitarian crisis in Sudan

The UN has accused Sudanese paramilitary forces of blocking aid in the Darfur region, where the civil war that has been going on with the army since 15 April 2023 has caused a serious famine. Paramilitaries control the western region almost entirely and have been besieging Al-Fashir, the capital of Northern Darfur, since May, attacking the surrounding refugee camps. “Persistent restrictions and bureaucratic obstacles” imposed by paramilitary for…

13 days ago·Italy

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