Warring sides agree to extending truce
Humanitarian crisis in Sudan at ‘breaking point’: UN
The United Nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is at “a breaking point”.
“The scale and speed of what is unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented,” said Martin Griffiths, the UN’s top humanitarian diplomat.
Griffiths said that “massive looting” of aid supplies has hindered efforts to help civilians who are running out of water, food, and other critical items.
UN chief is sending envoy to Sudan in light of humanitarian crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the “unprecedented” situation there, his spokesman has said.
“In light of the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Sudan,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, Guterres is sending Martin Griffiths, the UN emergency relief coordinator, “to the region immediately”.
“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan,” the statement said. “We are extremely concerned.”
As looting intensifies in Khartoum, loved ones mourn Sudanese-American doctor
American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman was killed last week as looting and lawlessness took over the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
The 49-year-old kept working in Sudan as long as he could after fighting engulfed the capital. Read More…
