Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been compelled to suspend operations in Zamzam, a vast displacement camp in North Darfur, Sudan, due to ongoing humanitarian access restrictions.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Burhan-controlled SAF, engaged in a protracted conflict, have been obstructing aid delivery to the region.
The siege of al-Fashir city and the systematic blocking of humanitarian assistance have crippled relief efforts.
MSF’s Claire San Filippo highlighted the dire situation in Zamzam, where 5,000 children are malnourished, including 2,900 facing severe malnutrition.
The suspension of MSF’s activities leaves these vulnerable children without critical support.
Despite the RSF’s claims of ensuring safe passage and providing supplies, humanitarian access remains severely limited.
The U.S.-led talks in August yielded pledges for improved aid access, but progress has been slow.
The conflict has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Over 10 million people have been displaced, and U.N. agencies have struggled to deliver relief.
In addition to Zamzam, MSF’s hospital in Khartoum is also grappling with a severe shortage of supplies and a surge in violent trauma cases.