WHO chief calls for more international aid for Sudan
Published: Sunday, Sep 8th 2024, 11:40
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During a visit to Sudan, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lamented the lack of attention the world is paying to the East African country. The people there are experiencing a complete crisis, said the chairman of the World Health Organization. There are the largest number of refugees in the world within one country, with more than ten million displaced people. In addition, there are famines in several regions that are threatening to spread, floods, outbreaks of disease, sexual violence and the near collapse of the health system.
"The international community seems to have forgotten about Sudan and is paying little attention to the conflict that is tearing the country apart and impacting the region," said Tedros in the port city of Port Sudan. "The scale of the emergency is shocking, as are the inadequate measures being taken to contain the conflict and respond to the suffering it is causing."
Government troops and militias have been engaged in a bloody power struggle since April 2023 in the resource-rich country on the Horn of Africa with a population of more than 46 million. At the end of August, the latest US efforts to negotiate a ceasefire failed. The aim of the talks in Geneva was to persuade the government troops (SAF) and the militias (RSF) to agree to a ceasefire in order to improve humanitarian aid. However, the SAF stayed away from the meeting.
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