{"id":20113464,"date":"2025-02-07T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20113464"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:22:59","slug":"ocha-south-kordofan-and-the-blue-nile-on-the-brink-of-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/ocha-south-kordofan-and-the-blue-nile-on-the-brink-of-catastrophe","title":{"rendered":"OCHA: \u2018South Kordofan and the Blue Nile on the brink of catastrophe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The United Nations has warned that South Kordofan and the Blue Nile region are “on the brink of catastrophe” as escalating violence worsens Sudan\u2019s humanitarian crisis. In a statement yesterday, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN\u2019s Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, condemned reports of civilians, including women and children, being used as human shields in Kadugli.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also raised alarm over civilian detentions, aid blockages, and mass mobilisation for conflict in Blue Nile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If the fighting continues<\/a>, more people will be left without access to vital aid, human suffering will deepen, and more lives will be lost,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan\u2019s aid response is paralysed by a cash crisis after the Central Bank of Sudan<\/a> introduced new banknotes, delaying $11.5 million in cash aid for 500,000 people and halting food distribution for over four million, according to OCHA\u2019s latest Humanitarian Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Khartoum, 1.5 million lack clean water due to infrastructure failures, fuelling cholera outbreaks in Karari locality in Omdurman<\/a>, Khartoum North (Bahri), and Sharg El Nil (East Nile). Landmines and unexploded ordnance killed 17 civilians in El Gezira in January alone, with clearance efforts hampered by funding shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 1 million students have missed exams since 2023. A delayed session saw only 250,000 out of 570,000 eligible students sit their exams, while plans for an alternative session in Chad were scrapped. A second round is scheduled for April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan faces the world\u2019s worst displacement crisis, with 11.6 million internally displaced and more than three million fleeing abroad. Aid agencies struggle to keep up as funding gaps widen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UN\u2019s 2025 humanitarian response plan<\/a> seeks $4.2 billion to assist 20.9 million people, but only $240 million has been secured, which is just under six per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With violence escalating and food insecurity deepening, the UN has urged all parties to allow safe aid access and uphold international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n