Sudan: Humanitarian situation - Press Conference (20 April 2023)

The UN Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Abdou Dieng, said “the fighting must stop” and the people in the country “urgently need a humanitarian pause.” Briefing journalists by phone from Sudan on Thursday (20 Apr), Dieng said “the scores of people who’ve been killed is high and hundreds have been injured.” The Humanitarian Coordinator added, “As the fighting continues in densely populated areas, we worry that the toll will climb. People must be able to have access to food, fuel and other critical supplies and services for their families.” According to Dieng, “the humanitarian operation has [been] severely hampered” and “fighting and attacks on airports and other critical humanitarian assets have made the humanitarian operations virtually impossible.” “Warehouses, vehicles, and other humanitarian assets have been attacked, looted, or seized. Health services, already precarious, could be pushed to the brink,” explained the Coordinator. Dieng also said that “aid must reach millions in need”, noting that, “before this violence, humanitarian needs were already very high.” He added, “One third of the population, around 15 million people, need humanitarian aid. There is still, before this crisis, 3.7 million people who are internally displaced, mostly In Darfur.” The Humanitarian Coordinator is “also concerned about reports of sexual harassment and violence.”


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