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Seven people were killed and dozens injured<\/strong> when an airstrike hit a funeral gathering in the Nuba Mountains in West Kordofan last Friday, according to local sources, said UN aid coordination office, OCHA.<\/p>\n The war, which began in April 2023 between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and the Sudanese Armed Forces, continues to have alarming consequence for civilians.\u00a0<\/p>\n The funeral strike follows a\u00a0drone attack on the Teaching Hospital in East Darfur\u2019s capital, Al Deain, that killed 70<\/strong> on 20 March.\u00a0<\/p>\n The heightened insecurity continues to displace families in West Kordofan, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).\u00a0<\/p>\n In neighbouring South Kordofan, drone strikes and attacks in the town of Dilling reportedly caused three deaths on Saturday, with reports from local NGOs that the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The continued fighting and repeated drone strikes are also disrupting critical supply routes across the Kordofan region.<\/p>\n Key roads linking the city of El Obeid in North Kordofan to the towns of Dilling and Kadugli in South Kordofan are increasingly unsafe, which has the direct impact of hampering the movement of humanitarian supplies and commercial supplies<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cRed tape is further compounding these challenges<\/strong>\u201d, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, St\u00e9phane Dujarric said, \u201cwith essential medical activities in El Obeid suspended for nearly one month now.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile in Darfur, increasing insecurity and restriction on humanitarian movements are choking humanitarian access.\u00a0<\/p>\n Aid workers face armed robberies and attacks along key routes, while some organizations have been forced to suspend operations altogether<\/strong>, leaving vulnerable populations with even fewer services.<\/p>\n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Similarly, escalating hostilities near the border with Ethiopia in Blue Nile State have severely constrained humanitarian operations. Movement beyond the state capital of Ed Damazine is largely suspended, cutting off access to reach people in need.<\/p>\nHumanitarian access sputters<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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