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STORY: UN / SUDAN HUMANITARIAN INTERVIEW
TRT: 03:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 FEBRUARY 2025, SUDAN / FILE
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmore Tondhlana, Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We are looking at a situation where we have Sudan being, or having, some of the highest humanitarian needs in the world. We have about 30 million people who require humanitarian assistance. This is actually something like five more million people compared to the previous year. If you look at it also, Sudan actually has the highest displacement population.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmore Tondhlana, Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We also call this actually a protection crisis because of the heavy price that the population or the people have to pay for this. There is an upsurge in the attacks of the general population at large; the health facilities, civilian infrastructure, and so forth. In short, I would say the situation is indeed dire and it's not looking good, the conflict continues, and people continue to be displaced.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmore Tondhlana, Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“So, it's been conflict through and through, and we have not been able to effectively reach or respond to the people that should have been responded to. And then if the question then, is it getting worse? I would say certainly yes. Of the 25 million that are actually suffering, I would say highly likely we should be having more people even by now.”
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmore Tondhlana, Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“If we look at actually 2024 alone, there's about over 13 million people that have been reached with food and livelihoods. We are looking at something like 11 million people that have been assisted to have access to drink safe drinking water. We're looking at significant number of people that have been assisted to, given access to healthcare, as well as assistance to nutrition supplies.”
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmore Tondhlana, Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“In as much as this war effects women and girls, it's largely affecting also the boy child. But looking at the impact on the women, it has been quite significant because if you look at it, about 70 percent of the people that are actually affected including the IDP caseload, it's actually largely women, about 70 percent of them are, just more than two thirds of the population it's especially women and girls.”
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmore Tondhlana, Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We have put out there an appeal for 4.2 billion and I think I broke it down that what we are essentially talking about ,if we had to reach the 21 million people that are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, all we need is something like fifty cents per person per day.”
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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Deputy Head of Office in Sudan, Edmore Tondhlana, today (12 Feb) said the situation in Sudan continues to be “dire” as “the conflict continues, and people continue to be displaced.”
Interviewed by UN News via video teleconference, Tondhlana said Sudan has “some of the highest humanitarian needs in the world” with about 30 million people who require humanitarian assistance, “something like five more million people compared to the previous year.”
He noted that Sudan also has “the highest displacement population.”
The humanitarian official said Sudan is “actually a protection crisis because of the heavy price that the population or the people have to pay for this.”
He pointed out that “there is an upsurge in the attacks of the general population at large; the health facilities, civilian infrastructure, and so forth.”
Tondhlana said, “it's been conflict through and through, and we have not been able to effectively reach or respond to the people that should have been responded to. And then if the question then, is it getting worse? I would say certainly yes. Of the 25 million that are actually suffering, I would say highly likely we should be having more people even by now.”
He said, “if we look at actually 2024 alone, there's about over 13 million people that have been reached with food and livelihoods. We are looking at something like 11 million people that have been assisted to have access to drink safe drinking water. We're looking at significant number of people that have been assisted to, given access to healthcare, as well as assistance to nutrition supplies.”
Looking at the impact on women, Tondhlana continued, “it has been quite significant because if you look at it, about 70 percent of the people that are actually affected including the IDP caseload, it's actually largely women, about 70 percent of them are, just more than two thirds of the population it's especially women and girls.”
He explained that OCHA has put out there an appeal for 4.2 billion US dollars, which “if we had to reach the 21 million people that are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, all we need is something like fifty cents per person per day.”
Tondhlana mentioned four priorities; first, respect for life and an end to the war. Second, unimpeded humanitarian access. Third, funding. And fourth, strong diplomatic efforts towards a political solution.
