“People told me several times when they were fleeing Zamzam [displacement camp]armed people would threaten them while they were in the flight and certainly say, sure, ‘Flee, go to that place, run here, run there, we will follow you, we will find you’Said Jocelyn Elizabeth Knight, a protection officer for the UN refugee office, UNHCR.
Briefing Journalists in Geneva, Mrs. Knight described speaking with a traumatized child in an UNHCR shelter, whose experience reflects that of countless other young people throughout the nation.
“A little boy told me,”You know, during the day it is good here, but I am afraid to go to sleep at night in case the place where we live is being attacked again ‘.“
Forced in squalor
In Darfur in West -Sudan, many people who are uprooted in non -used public buildings with few supplies for water and sanitary facilities collect.
In the meantime, new relocation and attacks on citizens take place in the Darfur region and the neighboring Kordofan, Unhcr warned, in communities “that have already been destroyed and are subject to unspeakable atrocities”.
The continuous fighting has also disrupted humanitarian access and assistance of the help for more than two years. With seasonal rains, many roads will be impassable for months, which means that the delivery of assistance is further complicated, the UN agency noted.
The persistent insecurity has also impeded agriculture, deepening hardship in areas with a risk of famine or already experiencing famine -like circumstances.
The latest UNHCR data indicates that More than 873,000 Sudanese refugees have fled Darfur and crossed to ChadThat now the largest number of registered Sudanese refugees has been organizing since the start of the conflict. One in three people in Oost -Tosjaad is now a refugee.
Deadly disease
In addition to heavy fighting between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and their former allies, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries That started in April 2023Citizens are now confronted with a fast -spread and fatal outbreak of Cholera.
‘Cholera has flooded Sudan with all states that report outbreaks,“Said Dr. Ilham Nour, senior emergency officer at the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
She noted that nearly 100,000 cases have been reported since last July.
Lives at stake
The highly contagious disease spreads quickly in unsanitary disorders. From the beginning of August, 264 cases and 12 deaths have been identified at Dougui Refugee Settlement in East -Tosjaad that Sudanese arrivals of Darfur organize.
Surrounding villages have also reported suspected cases, while others originated in Treguine Settlement, one of the many UNHCR camps in East -Tosjaad that accommodates Sudanese refugees.
Help to contain the disease is urgent, insisted on Dossou Patrice Ahouansou of UNHCR, the main situation coordinator for Eastern Chad.
“We still have more than 230,000 refugees on the border in a very difficult situation,” he said. ‘Without urgent action, including improving access to medical treatment, clean water, sanitary facilities, to hygiene and the most important, relocation of the border, there are many more lives at stake.“
As part of the reaction and to prevent new matters, the UN agency has suspended the relocation of refugees from border points.
UNHCR is Looking for $ 130 million in flexible financing To offer life -saving help to an estimated 800,000 people in Darfur. In addition, the UN agency will respond to the outbreak of Cholera and 239,000 Sudanese refugees from the Border of Chad-Sudan.
Non -depleted weapon alert
Meanwhile the A mining action service (Unmas) confirmed fears that non-depleted ammunition of current battles kill and mutual fighters who are not aware of the extent of the danger.
‘The sad reality of this current conflict is that it does not take place in the countryside, it happens mainly in urban areas, in the areas that are strongly populated“Said Mohammad Sideq Rashid, head of Unmas Sudan.
Last week, six minefields were confirmed in Khartoem and three of them contain anti -person landlines – the first time this has been reported – he told journalists in Geneva.
‘Contamination is on the roads, in houses, in schools and runways, medical facilities, humanitarian bases,‘The Unmas officer continued.
‘This is a population [that] is largely not aware of the dangers that are waiting for them … This problem only grows every day.“
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