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A Year into the Sudan Conflict, an Urgent Call to Address One of the World’s Gravest Crisis.

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Published date15 April 2024

M2 PRESSWIRE-April 15, 2024-: A Year into the Sudan Conflict, an Urgent Call to Address One of the World’s Gravest Crisis

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A year ago tomorrow, the people of Sudan awoke to a nightmare. Fierce fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Sudan's capital of Khartoum and other parts of the country. The warring sides turned bustling neighborhoods into battle zones, killing thousands, leaving bodies in the streets, and trapping civilians in their homes without adequate food, water, and medicines.

The U.S. is pledging an additional $100 million in emergency food assistance, nutrition support, and other life-saving aid to respond to this conflict, which has become one of the world's gravest crises.

Five million people are on the brink of famine.

Eight million people have been forced to flee their homes -- the largest displacement crisis in the world.

25 million people -- more than half the population -- are in need of humanitarian assistance, with the conflict driving widespread shortages of life-saving supplies, services, and food.

Equally alarming are the horrific atrocities and war crimes committed by both the RSF and SAF, including deadly attacks on civilians and using rape and other forms of gender-based violence as a tactic to terrorize and subjugate communities. Masalit civilians have been hunted down and left for dead in the streets, their homes set on fire, and told that there is no place in Sudan for them. We are deeply alarmed at reports of escalating fighting in and around El Fasher and the further deterioration of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding there.

Our commitment of additional resources underscores that USAID remains steadfast in our support for the Sudanese people. Following the outbreak of hostilities, we rapidly deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to help our partners deliver humanitarian assistance to people in need both inside Sudan and to those forced to flee the country. USAID partners have reached nearly 6.7 million people with...

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