Doctors Without Borders claim that increased fights in and around the Zamzam camp have made too dangerous to work.
Doctors Without Borders said that he suspended his work in a famine -struck camp for people displaced in the Darfur region of northern Sudan, as an increase in violent attacks has made too dangerous to work.
In a statement on Monday, the medical charity – known by its acronym of French language MSF – said that the fights in and around the Zamzam camp near the city of El -Fasher had made “impossible … provide medical assistance ”.
“Despite a widespread famine and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to make the decision to suspend all our activities in the camp, including the MSF Field hospital,” said the group.
MSF was one of the few humanitarian groups that still worked in the camp, which houses about half a million people displaced by the devastating civil war of Sudan.
Health workers at the organization’s field hospital in Zamzam had helped treat people injured in attacks by fast paramilitary forces (RSF) this month, as well as care for thousands of badly children Nourished.
“Harvesting our project in the midst of an aggravation of the disaster in Zamzam is a heartbreaking decision,” said Yahya Kalilah, National Director of Sudan of MSF.
“The proximity of violence, the great difficulties in sending supplies, the impossibility of sending experienced staff for adequate support and uncertainty concerning the routes outside the camp for our colleagues and civilians leave us little choice.”
We made the decision difficult to suspend our activities in Zamzam Camp, in northern Darfur, Sudan. Violence has engulfed the camp, which welcomes around 500,000 people.
We urge all armed players in the region to protect civilians.
– MSF International (@MSF) February 24, 2025
The war in Sudan broke out between the RSF and the Sudanese army in April 2023.
The two parties were accused of war crimes while the United Nations claim that violence has killed tens of thousands of people, forced 14 million people to flee their homes and stimulated a humanitarian crisis.
On February 11, the RSF stormed Zamzam, triggering two days of clashes with the army and allied armed groups and forcing around 10,000 families to flee, according to the International United Nations Migration Organization (OIM) .
MSF said that his teams had treated 139 patients with ball injury and bursts of bus in his hospital on the field this month. But 11 people – including five children – died because the establishment did not have the necessary equipment.
The organization has also said that its ambulances have been targeted in recent months.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned a “new escalation” on Monday after the RSF and his allies agreed to form a parallel government.
Guterres spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the UN chief was “deeply concerned” by Sunday’s announcement. “This new climbing in the conflict … deepens the fragmentation of the country,” said Dujarric.
The government led by the RSF should not receive recognition, the group accused of having committed war crimes, including the genocide.
But it is a sign that the burst of Sudan could be cement while the RSF focuses on the western region of Darfur while it loses ground elsewhere.
