UN: Sudanese children 'skin and bones' as 250,000 in El Fasher face starvation
The warnings come as reports claim that Colombian mercenaries have taken control over the nearby Zamzam refugee camp.
A number of UN aid agencies on Tuesday raised alarm over conditions in Sudan, where children have been reduced to "skin and bones" amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.
El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur and the last major city in the Darfur region held by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for over a year, but violence escalated in March after the RSF was pushed out of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, by the SAF. The RSF has since intensified its campaign in Darfur, tightening its grip on El Fasher and blocking nearly all humanitarian access, according to the UN.
El Fasher residents trapped
The World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday warned that the roughly 250,000 people trapped inside the city face starvation. The organization said that it "has not been able to deliver food assistance to El Fasher by road for over a year as all roads leading there are blocked," adding that "with the rainy season underway, road access to Darfur will soon be cut off."
