The organization “Doctors Without Borders” announced today, Sunday, that its staff residential building in the Sudanese city of Omdurman was directly bombed on Saturday morning. According to the newspaper “Al-Rakoba,” the organization stated that the shelling damaged the upper floor of the residential building, clarifying that none of their team members present were harmed, but there were multiple injuries among other residents in the area.
“Doctors Without Borders” has called for an urgent and rapid expansion of humanitarian response in Sudan, which is facing a massive and “man-made” disaster, coinciding with the one-year mark of the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.
Earlier, “Doctors Without Borders” said in a statement obtained by “Sputnik”: “Amid one of the world’s worst crises in decades, Sudan is facing a massive and man-made disaster one year after the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces led by the government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began.
Immediate and safe access to humanitarian aid has become a matter of life and death for millions.”
The statement pointed out that as governments, officials, relief organizations, and donors gather on April 15 in Paris to discuss ways to improve humanitarian relief delivery, “Doctors Without Borders” is making an urgent appeal for immediate expansion of the humanitarian response.
The organization highlighted that while millions face danger in Sudan, the world has turned a blind eye, and warring parties are deliberately obstructing humanitarian relief and aid delivery. It called on the United Nations and member states to intensify efforts to negotiate safe and unhindered access and to expand the humanitarian response to prevent further deterioration of this already tragic situation.
“Doctors Without Borders” is currently operating in more than 30 health facilities, supporting 10 states in Sudan, including Khartoum, Gezira, White Nile, Blue Nile, Gedaref, West Darfur, North Darfur, South Darfur, Central Darfur, and the Red Sea.
