The General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees Camps has warned about the worsening humanitarian crisis affecting approximately 571 displaced families in Al-Lait Jar Al-Nabi in Sudan’s North Darfur State.
Their situation is exacerbated by the absence of humanitarian assistance and the failure of the agricultural season due to poor rainfall and climatic changes associated with the El Niño phenomenon.
Adam Rijal, spokesperson for the coordination body, told Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday that the displaced families, comprising 2,325 people, are facing extremely difficult living and health conditions after losing their principal sources of livelihood, which depend largely on millet and groundnut cultivation.
“The displaced population comprises 941 children under the age of 15, with 26 cases of severe acute malnutrition reported among children,” he said. “133 pregnant and breastfeeding women need healthcare, while approximately 200 people are suffering from malaria, alongside the prevalence of other illnesses.”
Rijal appealed to humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies to intervene urgently by providing food, medicines, shelter, and primary healthcare services, with particular priority given to children and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
He warned that the continued absence of humanitarian assistance was aggravating the risks hundreds of displaced families are facing, making immediate intervention imperative to address their most pressing needs.
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