Displaced people who fled Khartoum due to Sudan war – in pictures

Images from displacement camp in Gadaref state

A picture taken on March 20, 2024, shows children who fled Khartoum and Jazira states in war-torn Sudan standing near tents at a camp for the internally displaced in southern Gadaref state. After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned on March 20, slamming the international community for its lack of action. (Photo by AFP)

After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the UN has warned

There has barely been any let up in the fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)

The UN said about 730,000 children in Sudan, including more than 240,000 in Darfur, are believed to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition

About eight million people have been displaced by the war, which has destroyed the nation’s infrastructure

Many are stuck in tented camps like this one in Gadaref. The UN said 18 million of Sudan's 48 million people are acutely food insecure, five million of whom have reached the last level before famine

The Security Council this month called for an immediate ceasefire during Ramadan and better access to humanitarian aid

'Since then, I regret to report that there has not been major progress on the ground,' said Edem Wosornu, a UN director of humanitarian operations

Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues in what has become a war of attrition

But much suffering prevails among the internally displaced

Relief operations are 'severely hampered' by a lack of access and resources, the UN said

The UN also called on regional powers to stop supplying arms to the warring parties in Sudan immediately, but there is no end in sight to the brutal civil war

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