The Sudan Chief of Mission for International Organization for Migration (IOM) Peter Kioy stressed the need for humanitarian assistance to reach millions of civilians who are in desperate need of it in Sudan.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) described the conflict that has been ongoing in Sudan for more than nine months as one of the fastest unfolding global crises, with some 7.4 million people displaced from their homes, around half of the total population needing humanitarian assistance and thousands hit by outbreaks of cholera and other diseases.
Kioy said in a statement reported by the UN News website that the "humanitarian community has no capacity to oversee or access the areas where people are fleeing to or fleeing from, which makes it really difficult for us to ensure the international protection rights that they are entitled to. The lack of humanitarian aid makes them more vulnerable. Access remains one of the key issues for the humanitarian community in Sudan."
"In some areas, we don't have people because its too dangerous, and the humanitarian space is shrinking," the UN official explained.
"We have stayed behind to deliver aid, and we have the capacity, but we do not have access to the people who are in need of our support, and that has become frustrating," Kioy added.
The Sudan Chief of Mission for IOM Peter Kioy affirmed that "it still remains a challenge, and we hope that with the ongoing negotiations greater access can be granted to the humanitarian community at large."
Since mid-April, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have been waging a war that has left more than 12,000 dead and more than 7 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
Since April 15, 2023, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have been waging a war that has left more than 12,000 dead and more than 7 million displaced people and refugees, according to the UN.
