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Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs blamed paramilitary rapid support forces for the power outage.
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Internet connectivity has been cut in Sudan amid ongoing clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, with thousands of people dead and millions displaced after nearly 10 months of fighting. Ta.
Internet monitoring company Netblocks Confirmed power outage On Wednesday, all three major network operators in the disputed North Africa announced that their services were out of service.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan The power outage was caused by RSF. This further complicates the dilemma for millions of local people unable to escape conflict and in urgent need of UN humanitarian assistance. RSF has not yet publicly denied responsibility for the power outage.
The United Nations has appealed for $4.1 billion to meet Sudan’s “most urgent humanitarian needs” amid “extreme suffering”, with half the population, or about 25 million people, in need of assistance and protection, and millions more. He added that one million people have been starved and displaced by the war.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have launched a joint appeal for $2.7 billion in humanitarian assistance to 14.7 million people and approximately 2.7 million refugees in five countries neighboring Sudan. The company sought $1.4 billion. .
“Ten months of conflict have stripped Sudanese of almost all their security, homes and livelihoods,” UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths said, adding that less than half of last year’s appeals were funded. added.
RSF made the call on Thursday. “Regional and international organizations and agencies should act quickly to provide emergency relief.”added that Sudanese civilians “face the real possibility of starvation.”
According to OCHA, nearly 18 million people in conflict zones face severe hunger, with water and other civilian infrastructure damaged and three-quarters of health facilities non-functional.
Approximately 19 million children out of school, continued widespread human rights violations, and gender-based violence are among the challenges cited in the United Nations’ call for funding.
The war that broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese military and the RSF militia has created the world’s largest displacement crisis, with children accounting for nearly 4 million of the refugees who have fled their homes.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, estimates that at least one child dies from malnutrition every two hours in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur.
