Latest news At least 50 already dead after floods in Sudan
According to the UN emergency aid organization OCHA, at least 50 people have already lost their lives following heavy rains and flooding in large parts of Sudan.
13.08.2024, 14:15
SDA
According to the latest assessment, a total of almost 143,000 people have been affected, mainly in the north and west of the country. More than 27,000 people have had to flee from the floods - including almost 10,000 in North Darfur, which is currently particularly hard hit by the ongoing fighting.
UN speaks of the world's largest refugee crisis
A bloody power struggle has been raging in Sudan for almost 16 months between the de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
According to the UN, the conflict has triggered the world's largest refugee crisis. More than ten million people have been displaced or fled, many of them multiple times. There is also a threat of famine in the country.
The rains have exacerbated the already critical situation, Kenneth Bowen, Country Director of Welthungerhilfe in Sudan, told the German Press Agency.
"Many roads are impassable. This makes it even more difficult to get food and other aid to the refugee camps. Food insecurity and critical malnutrition, especially among young children, therefore threaten to worsen."
