Nairobi (Kaab TV) – In the third week of brutal fighting in Sudan, health care services are rapidly unraveling in the nation’s capital, Khartoum, according to the country’s doctors.
Hospitals have been shelled, and two-thirds of those in Khartoum have closed, according to the W.H.O. More than a dozen health care workers have been killed, officials say, and basic medical services have become scarce.
The fighting that erupted April 15 between a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Army — both led by opposing generals — has left more than 500 people dead and thousands of others hurt, the W.H.O. says.
The violence has thrown Africa’s third-largest nation into chaos, as one declared cease-fire after another has collapsed.
The latest truce to allow civilians to escape was to end at midnight last night, and though the R.S.F. said it would extend a humanitarian cease-fire for three more days, fighting was reported in the capital.
The Sudanese Army has accused the R.S.F. of violating the truce and of occupying a hospital. The R.S.F., in turn, has said the army has been looting medical supplies.
Response: The U.N. secretary general’s office said it was “immediately” sending Martin Griffiths, the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, to Sudan.