The clashes in Sudan started on April 15 and do not cease. Since then, the violence has only escalated and the conflicts have spread, affecting more and more the innocent.
In this sense, the humanitarian organization Doctors without borders denounced a “unacceptable harassment of your staff” just like him “violent looting and occupation of their medical facilities” over there.
“We are experiencing a violation of humanitarian principles and a reduction in space for the work of humanitarian organizations of a magnitude that has rarely been seen before,” said Jean-Nicolas Armstron Danelser, the organization’s emergency coordinator.
The work team, which currently carries out projects and tasks in nine states of the country, has been subjected to repeated traumas due to the invasion of armed groups in its facilities, which include looting and drug thefts, supplies and vehicleseven despite the multiple truces reached on various occasions.
“This unacceptable disregard for humanitarian principles and international humanitarian law It has hindered our ability to provide health care to the population at a time when it is extremely necessary,” said a statement released by the organization.
Among the attacks suffered at its facilities, the looting of a warehouse in Khartoumin which the assailants entered, stole medicines and disconnected the refrigerators, ruining the cold chain of all the remaining medicines, in a critical social and health context, in which people need urgent assistance.
In addition to this, looting was reported in the centers in Zalingei -Central Darfur-, nyala -south of the capital- and in The Geneinwhich also included the Vehicle Theftvarious medical supplies and fuel which had been donated to power generators and ambulances.
On the other hand, the organization denounced administrative and logistical problems as the delay of permits and documentation that allows more workers to provide assistance in the country.
In this context, Doctors Without Borders called for the respect of the conflicting parties towards the professionals and victims of the conflict, who are held hostage to violence every day.
“MSF calls for them to guarantee the safety of medical personnel and health facilities, allow the safe passage of ambulances and people in need of health care, and facilitate access and free movement of health workers, organizations and supplies,” reads the writing.
This situation, likewise, is not new in the country nor is it limited solely to this organization. On the contrary, it is a broader trend that accounts for the disregard for the lives of civilians, infrastructure and health facilities, which has been going on for weeks.
The World Health Organization had reported, as of May 22, at least 38 attacks against medical services in the context of the latest outbreak, despite the fact that these are protected by international humanitarian law.
The documented episodes involved, in addition to looting, shootings, sexual violence, stabbings, explosions on sitein addition to air raids and violence in the vicinity of the centers that make people afraid to approach for care.
Sudan is experiencing, on the other hand, a crisis of shortage of food and drinking water, which forces people to have to travel to cover their basic needs, leaving them more exposed to these situations. That is why humanitarian aid is crucial to reduce the impact on society.
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Source-www.infobae.com