Food has completely run out for thousands trapped inside Sudan’s El-Fasher, and there’s no clear way to get help in — www.naijnaira.com reports.
According to the BBC, things in the western Darfur city have reached a breaking point as civilians face starvation and bombardment with nowhere to run.
WFP says it’s sitting on food supplies and ready-to-go convoys, but it can’t move anything in without solid safety guarantees.
One shipment tried to get through back in June, but it was hit before it could reach those who needed it — both the army and RSF pointed fingers at each other.
The city’s been surrounded for over a year by the Rapid Support Forces, who’ve blocked key roads and cut off trade routes into the area.
Even basic survival is becoming impossible now — locals are reportedly eating animal feed and scraps just to stay alive.
“Everyone in el-Fasher is facing a daily struggle to survive,” said WFP’s Eric Perdison, adding that two years of conflict have destroyed every last fallback option.
The UN is calling for at least a one-week truce to get aid through, but so far, neither side has agreed to pause the violence.
Eight-year-old Sondos, who fled the city with her family, described what life had become: “In el-Fasher there was a lot of shelling and hunger. Only hunger and bombs.”
El-Fasher is the only major city in Darfur still under army control, which makes it a key target in Sudan’s brutal civil war that kicked off in April 2023.
Local reports say people have already started dying from starvation, with no clear end in sight as the siege continues.
Since the conflict began, more than 150,000 people have died, and another 12 million have been forced from their homes across the country.
Darfur’s also seeing fresh accusations of genocide, as civilians continue to be caught in the crossfire of a war they didn’t choose.
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