{"id":59021,"date":"2025-07-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/sudan-humanitarian-needs-deepen-amid-rising-hostilities-and-heavy-rains\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:00:00","slug":"sudan-humanitarian-needs-deepen-amid-rising-hostilities-and-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=59021","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: Humanitarian needs deepen amid rising hostilities and heavy rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nearly 27 months have passed since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a former ally, the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces (RSF), creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The UN voiced grave alarm over escalating hostilities in El Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Serious risk of renewed violence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Large numbers of RSF fighters reportedly entered the city on Friday for the first time since the siege began over a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Local sources report that recent fierce fighting, particularly in the southwest and east of El Fasher, has led to civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation remains highly volatile and unpredictable, with a serious risk of renewed violence, as well as further displacement and disruption of humanitarian operations \u2013 which are already under severe strain,\u201d OCHA said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Insecurity in North Kordofan state<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, in North Kordofan State, growing insecurity forced 3,400 people to flee their homes over the weekend, according to\u202fthe UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local reports indicate that at least 18 civilians were killed, and homes were burned in several villages.<\/p>\n<p>OCHA reminded all parties that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law, and that civilians must be protected at all times.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rainy season constraints<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, heavy rains have been reported in West and Central Darfur states, which may affect road conditions in some locations and worsen the challenges humanitarians are already facing in accessing people in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the rainy season continuing through October, the risk of floods, access constraints and disease outbreaks is growing \u2013 especially during this critical lean season, a time between harvests when food stocks traditionally run low,\u201d OCHA warned.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Families return to West Darfur<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The agency said that despite the crisis, signs of small-scale returns are visible in West Darfur state, where displaced families have been returning from Chad to three localities \u2013 Sirba, Jebel Moon and Kulbus \u2013 to cultivate their farms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, local authorities report about 40 people returning daily to Kulbus, with 300 arriving over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>OCHA urged all parties to enable safe and unimpeded access to all people in need across Sudan, and for donors to step up their support.<\/p>\n<p>Some 30 million people nationwide \u2013 more than half the population \u2013 need vital aid and protection this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2025\/07\/1165392\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 27 months have passed since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[5435,337,4861,480,338,679,1028],"class_list":["post-59021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-deepen","tag-heavy","tag-hostilities","tag-humanitarian","tag-rains","tag-rising","tag-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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