5 WHO and partner trucks transported more than 175 tons of medical supplies to Darfur
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The World Health Organization announced on Wednesday the arrival of more than 175 tons of medical supplies to the Darfur region of western Sudan.
This came in a post written by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, on his account on the X platform.
Ghebreyesus said five trucks belonging to the World Health Organization and its partners transported more than 175 tonnes of medical supplies to Darfur.
The Adri border crossing with Chad is the easiest way to reach millions of people at risk of famine in western Sudan, he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the U.N. World Food Programme announced that trucks loaded with vital food supplies had crossed Chad into Sudan from the Adri border crossing.
“WFP trucks carrying vital food supplies crossed the border from Chad into Sudan through the Adri border crossing,” WFP said in a post on the X platform.
“In the past few days since the border reopened, we have mobilized food aid for the Darfur region of western Sudan,” WFP added.
“Those at risk of starvation will receive life-saving assistance.”
On Saturday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed Sudan’s decision to open the Adri border crossing with Chad “for 3 months to allow the entry of humanitarian aid to those affected by the war in the country.”
On July 25, July, the Sudanese government prevented the entry of any trucks through the Adri crossing, claiming that it was “used to bring weapons to the Rapid Support Forces,” without comment from the latter in this regard.
Five days later, the United Nations called on the Sudanese authorities to open the Adri crossing to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the Darfur region, in light of torrential rains and heavy rains that impede the functioning of the Tiniya border crossing in the region.
Currently, the RSF controls 4 of the 5 states in the Darfur region, while fierce clashes with the army in the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, which is the center of humanitarian operations for all states of the region.
Since mid-April April 2023, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have been fighting a war that has left about 18,800 dead and nearly 10 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
UN and international calls are mounting to end the war to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe that has pushed millions into starvation and death from food shortages due to fighting that has spread to 13 out of 18 states.
(Anatolia)
