Cases of malnutrition are reported to have surged in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. According to WFP The needs are immense. widespread destruction, limited access to water, healthcare, and electricity, and a cholera outbreak. In Khartoum, life-saving nutritional supplements for young children and pregnant or nursing mothers are out of reach.
KHARTOUM JULY 3: Cases of malnutrition are reported to have surged in Sudan’s capital, since the army regained full control of it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. In some areas beyond the capital, where access is impossible, people are dying of starvation.
More than two years of fighting left many families trapped in besieged areas of Khartoum and without enough food. Thousands of people are also facing starvation outside the city.
According to WFP The needs are immense. widespread destruction, limited access to water, healthcare, and electricity, and a cholera outbreak. In parts of the city, life is returning – but many neighbourhoods remain abandoned, like a ghost city.
Sudanese communities have been on the frontlines, hosting the displaced, but they are now at a breaking point. With returns expected to heavily damaged areas like Khartoum, pressure on overstretched resources will intensify. WFP is deeply concerned and meeting basic needs, especially food, is critical and urgent.
At the same time, funding shortfalls are already disrupting assistance in Khartoum, Blue Nile, Al Jazira and Sennar states. Oil and pulses have been removed from the food basket due to a lack of resources. Without new funding in the coming months, further cuts in assistance will have to be implemented.
In Khartoum, life-saving nutritional supplements for young children and pregnant or nursing mothers are out of reach – not because of access constraints, but due to a lack of resources. Without urgent support, WFP cannot deliver the full package that people need as they return to Khartoum.
At the same time UNICEF condemns in the strongest possible terms the looting of vital humanitarian supplies – intended to save the lives of malnourished children and provide critical healthcare to mothers and newborns from Al Bashair Hospital in Jabal Awlia, Khartoum.
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