AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian situation worsens as conflict intensifies

Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worsening as the war intensifies. According to the UN Secretary-General's spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric de la Rivière, the situation remains particularly dire in the town of El Fasher and the Abu Shouk refugee camp. Both locations are besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are constantly shelling them.
The situation is also critical in South Kordofan and West Kordofan. According to the International Organization for Migration, around 2,800 people, mostly women and children, fled the renewed fighting in the town of Dibebad last week in South Kordofan. In West Kordofan, members of the Arab Misseriya tribal group, previously allied with the RSF paramilitary forces, are divided over whether to continue supporting the rebels or reach an agreement with the armed forces in Khartoum in the face of the advance of the regular army (Sudan Armed Forces, SAF).
It is no coincidence that clashes have intensified in key strongholds, particularly in Darfur and Kordofan, where the RSF is pursuing plans to form a parallel government. Both sides are also conducting drone strikes on their respective political-military command centers: Nyala, the capital of South Darfur and a strategic center of the RSF, and Port Sudan, the current seat of the SAF-allied administration.
Meanwhile, according to the United Nations, the cholera epidemic in Khartoum State (which includes the capital) has worsened, with the number of suspected cases increasing by 80% to over 8,500 in the last two weeks. Although the World Health Organization has delivered some medical supplies to Khartoum hospitals, "much more is needed to contain the epidemic," Dujarric said. (LM.) (Agenzia Fides, 31/5/2025)

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