After 4 days of continuous walking, Halima Ishaq was able to reach the city of El Fasher, the capital of Darfur, accompanied by her four children, who escaped death after their father was killed in the town of Zalingei, in the west of the region. .
Ishaq told Sky News Arabia that she found no alternative but to flee her town in light of the heavy fighting there which led to the killing of 7 of her relatives, including her husband and two of his children, one of whom was not yet ten years old.
According to a group of young volunteers, many towns in Darfur are experiencing dire humanitarian conditions, widespread killings, looting and burning, and hundreds of injured people are having great difficulty getting needed care in light of the collapse of the health system and the closure of most hospitals. Services.
Tragic conditions in light of ongoing fighting
Continued fighting has returned most parts of the region to the state of severe chaos that prevailed during the war that broke out in the region in 2003, as government institutions, offices of humanitarian organizations, banks and markets were looted and vandalized, amid a complete disruption of electricity and communication services in more than 80% of areas in the region.
The population suffers from a serious shortage of food and drinking water and fears the spread of disease.
More than 90 percent of the region’s population of around 6 million people have lost their sources of income, most of which depend on agriculture, grazing and day-to-day commercial and service activities.
Despite the start of the rainy season, farmers were unable to cultivate their land due to poor security conditions, which raised fears of the failure of the agricultural season and therefore an unprecedented food disaster.
While thousands of people have sought refuge in the city of El Fasher, the region’s capital, the city itself is experiencing continued security chaos, amid severe shortages of food, health services and fuel.
Local doctors have expressed concern that the main hospital could be out of service due to lack of medicine, fuel and power outages, which would put hundreds of residents and kidney patients at great risk.
The suffering of the inhabitants of El Geneina continues
The suffering of residents of the town of El Geneina continues, as more than 10 people were killed on Monday, according to eyewitnesses who spoke to Sky News Arabia.
Despite the signing of the Sudanese peace agreement in Juba, the capital of South Sudan in October 2020, looting is on the rise in a number of areas of Darfur, which has seen the longest war on the African continent and has continued since. 2003, killing 300,000 people and displacing millions.
In addition to the spread of more than two million weapons in the region, the fragmentation and proliferation of armed movements raise serious concerns and cast a dark shadow on the possibility of success of stabilization efforts in areas that have suffered from civil conflicts. internal.
It is estimated that there are more than 87 armed movements in Sudan, including 84 in the Darfur region alone.
Since October 2021, acts of violence have been repeated more than 10 times in Darfur, killing more than three thousand people, mostly women and children, and burning down more than 50 entire villages.
Humanitarian organizations operating in the region are facing great difficulties in delivering food and medicine to the hungry and sick, which has led to the death of dozens of kidney patients hospitalized in El Geneina Hospital due to lack of medicine. and dialysis solutions.
The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement that the violent attacks against the population in a number of regions of Darfur are worsening in view of the dire humanitarian and security situation.
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