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UN warns of rising starvation and cholera in North Darfur's El Fashir amid blocked supply routes
Summary
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme warned that families in El Fashir, North Darfur face starvation as trade routes and supply lines are blocked, with food prices up to 460% higher and cholera and malnutrition rising.
United Nations humanitarian agencies warned that civilians in El Fashir, North Darfur, remain at acute risk as insecurity, blocked supply routes and rising food prices have left many families facing starvation.
The World Food Programme said that with trade routes cut off and supply lines blocked, basic food items such as sorghum or wheat can cost up to 460% more in El Fashir than elsewhere in Sudan. Community kitchens established locally during fighting are mostly no longer functioning, and some families reportedly are resorting to consuming animal fodder and food waste. WFP said these conditions persist one year after famine was first confirmed in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported sporadic shelling, ongoing displacement and deeply unstable conditions in El Fashir. The UN said cholera continues to spread across Darfur: in North Darfur more than 3,600 cases have been reported since late June, and in South Darfur over 1,200 suspected cases and 69 deaths have been recorded. The briefing noted that underreporting may mask a larger outbreak.
UN agencies said they are scaling up outpatient therapeutic services and planning new stabilization centres where possible, but stressed that expanded humanitarian access and urgent funding are needed to sustain and expand interventions. The briefing called on parties to allow humanitarian access and for donors to scale up flexible funding to meet soaring needs.
