More than 11 million people have become refugees during the nearly 20-month war.
More than two-thirds of the families who have fled to eastern Sudan are not getting enough food as the war ravaging the country has pushed millions to the brink of starvation, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Friday.
The number of refugees has increased in the eastern parts of the country, especially in the latter half of the year.
Tens of thousands of people have died in the nearly 20-month-long war and more than 11 million people have become refugees either within the country or to neighboring countries, according to UN statistics.
Communities on the brink of collapse
According to a survey conducted by the organization, 70 percent of IDP families and 56 percent of host families in Eastern Sudan cannot afford enough food due to increased prices and reduced income. The survey was conducted on more than 8,600 households in six different states in the eastern parts of Sudan.
According to the report, 92 percent of host families and 76 percent of refugee families said that they have not received food assistance in the last six months.
– The villages and cities of Eastern Sudan were already fragile, said NRC’s Sudan country director Will Carter.
According to him, the conflict has pushed the communities in the region to the brink of collapse. Healthcare services are also extremely overloaded.
The organization calls for international action to increase humanitarian aid, rehabilitate critical infrastructure and invest in people’s livelihoods so that the country’s unstable situation does not deepen.
– The world must defend the people who are suffering from this terrible war, Carter said.