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UN coordinator warns of humanitarian catastrophe in Tawila, North Darfur
Summary
Denise Brown, the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, said access is blocked to large populations near El Fasher, that aid convoys cannot move without guarantees of safe passage, and that funding and security gaps are deepening malnutrition, disease and protection crises.
Denise Brown, the United Nations resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, told a remote U.N. briefing from Tawila that parts of North Darfur are an "epicenter" of a humanitarian catastrophe and that aid cannot reach many people because safe passage for convoys and personnel has not been guaranteed. She said there are "about 600,000 internally displaced" in Tawila — a figure she later said she would verify — and that "more than 10,000,000" people are displaced inside Sudan.
The situation is urgent because of widespread displacement, disrupted supply routes, rising food prices, contaminated water and outbreaks of disease. "Stop the violence. Stop the war. Let us through," Brown said, urging parties to secure humanitarian access. She said mining of key access roads and unexploded ordnance are blocking deliveries and endangering…
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