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The one -month long fighting in Sudan has deepened the humanitarian crisis, wherein one in every three persons has to depend on humanitarian assistance, even before the war. Stories of people getting affected by the war are coming from different quarters
The one -month long fighting in Sudan has deepened the humanitarian crisis, wherein one in every three persons has to depend on humanitarian assistance, even before the war. Stories of people getting affected by the war are coming from different quarters. As farmers in the Al Qalaa region are facing fuel shortages, resulting in goods moved using donkey carts.
Also, the price of basic commodities such as food staples, and water has gone up by 60 percent or more due to supply challenges, according to the UN sources. Despite this, the fighting between the army and the paramilitary group RSF continues mainly in Khartoum and the state of West Darfur. Reports indicate that civil society, who has demonstrated great resilience is absorbing the vicissitudes.
The fighting has caused the partial deindustrialization of the country. Many industrial units, which employed thousands of people and a source of livelihood for them are either closed or are working at a much-reduced level. If the war continues, it would completely wipe out the productive sectors of the economy including manufacturing and agriculture.
The United Nations estimates that more than US$3 billion is needed for humanitarian aid and to meet the basic requirements of refugees. For humanitarian aid alone, the UN says it needs US$2.6 billion, according to its revised estimates, up from US$1.75 billion in December.
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For refugees who have fled the fighting, the UN is asking for US$470.4 million. The number of affected people because of the violence would go up to 1.1 million people. Fighting between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane’s army and General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries, which began on April 15, has left an estimated 1,000 people dead and 1 million displaced.
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