Aid Workers Warn of Worsening Security Situation in Sudan's Darfur

Aid workers working with people fleeing Sudan to neighboring Chad are warning of a worsening humanitarian situation in Sudan's Darfur region, where war has created near-famine conditions. Tammam Aloudat, who works for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in South Darfur, returned from a mission in Niyala last week and spoke about the hunger crisis gripping the region. “There are children in therapeutic feeding centers, where we receive malnourished children who are over one year old, they look like they are four or five months old,” Aloudat said. “What I want to talk about are the pockets of severe malnutrition that they cannot cope with on their own, and many children who once they reach that stage of malnutrition, they stop eating even though there is a certain amount of food available,” he continued. Aloudat said he hoped authorities' announcement this week about reopening the Adre border post would allow more UN aid to reach the worst-hit areas, but many obstacles remained. He said recent rains had caused a vital bridge to collapse in South Darfur, making it nearly impossible for large amounts of aid to reach the area. In the latest, members of Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), …

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