The escalating conflict in Sudan has resulted in approximately 200 health facilities becoming non-operational. Sudan’s Health Minister, Haitham Ibrahim, disclosed on Sunday that these institutions were heavily affected by clashes between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces militia.
In a press statement, Ibrahim highlighted the immense burden faced by cities outside Khartoum due to the influx of displaced people from the capital. He stressed the urgent need to increase medical supplies and equipment to support these cities.
The Health Minister also indicated that the ongoing conflict in the Darfur regions has severely impacted hospital operations in the area. He acknowledged the manifold challenges the health sector in Sudan is currently facing due to the ongoing war.
Ibrahim urged the Rapid Support Forces militia to refrain from occupying health facilities and not to use them as military barracks.
Recent reports from South Darfur, located in western Sudan, confirm the death of around a hundred individuals and many more injured. This is a result of tribal conflicts in two regions and continued confrontations between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the state capital, Nyala.
A local official from South Darfur stated that the state has been witnessing three concurrent wars in recent days. This includes the aforementioned clashes in Nyala, the tribal conflict between the Bani Hilba and Salamat tribes in the Ald Al-Fursan region, and another between the Habaniya and Salamat tribes in the Buram area.
