The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that analysis of satellite images supports new evidence of continuing genocide in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, in the 48 hours after it was overrun by Rapid Assistance Forces on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 185 medical attacks in Sudan since the start of the conflict in April 2023, with 1,204 health workers and patients killed and 416 injured, excluding the latest attack. This year alone, 966 people were killed in 49 attacks.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that more than 36,000 people were evacuated from El Fasher between Sunday and Tuesday. IOM said local sources reported that thousands of people remain stranded and unable to flee the capital due to insecurity and lack of transportation.
OCHA said it was coordinating life-saving assistance with partners in Tawira, about 40 kilometers away. There, displaced families are being hosted in overcrowded spaces, lacking adequate shelter, hygiene and privacy, and are in urgent need of shelter, food, water, medical care and protection.
Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on Wednesday approved the allocation of US$20 million from the Sudan Central Emergency Response Fund to support the scale-up of emergency relief in Tawira and other parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan region. This amount is on top of the $27 million already allocated from the fund in 2025.
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