Claire San Filippo, MSF coordinator in Nairobi, who returned from refugee camps in eastern Chad, confirmed that “the rates of malnutrition “Terrifying” in the country “which is facing one of the most devastating crises the world has witnessed in decades.”
Tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced since the outbreak of war in mid-April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.
According to the organization, about 26 million people face poverty Food security Severe, or “nearly half the population.”
Pregnant women and children arrive there suffering malnutritionThey are sometimes forced to drink stagnant water.
San Filippo called on the warring parties to “put an end to these obstacles and immediately allow access.” Humanitarian aid “Without obstacles.”
“It’s a crisis,” said Lisa Searle, a doctor returning from Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin city Food (…) reached legendary proportions. “The response we are seeing is not sufficient.”
