Urgent delivery of food aid needed in Zamzam camp, Sudan | Doctors Without Borders

Fighting impedes critical aid distributions

“In Zamzam camp, there is an acute disaster on a catastrophic scale,” said Claire Nicolet, head of MSF’s emergency response in Sudan. “The situation is critical and the level of suffering is immense, but despite this being known for nearly three months, nowhere near enough has been done to help those who are struggling to survive.

With the fighting escalating, we are extremely worried that it will make it even more difficult for the much-needed international support we have been calling for to arrive.”

“We are also worried that there is going to be a rapid deterioration in this already drastic malnutrition crisis over the coming weeks,” she added. “The lives of hundreds of thousands of people were already in jeopardy—and now, with the current fighting, they are even more at risk. There is an urgent need for the humanitarian response to be rapidly scaled up so this malnutrition crisis can be pulled back from the brink, and for this to happen, it is vital that the warring parties take action to enable safe humanitarian access and the protection of civilian”