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STORY: UN / SUDAN UPDATE
TRT: 02:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
LOCATION: 09 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
09 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving to Sudan and updating you on the continuing dire humanitarian situation there, our colleagues on the ground are warn that insecurity continues to push thousands of people across the Darfur region out of their homes, as humanitarian conditions rapidly deteriorate even further. In the past week alone, more than 4,000 human beings have become newly displaced in North Darfur state, and that’s due to the escalating violence in El Fasher, which includes the Zamzam displacement camp just south of the city and other areas. As you well know, and we have said repeatedly, famine conditions have been confirmed in Zamzam. Families fleeing – including many women and children –need urgent shelter, they need food, they need water, and they need medical supplies. But severe funding gaps and logistical challenges are hampering the ability of aid organizations to respond. One partner at Zamzam camp told our colleagues that rising costs and fuel shortages have forced the suspension of water trucking for newly displaced people there. Our humanitarian colleagues say that since April 2023, more than 400,000 men, women and children have been displaced within or from El Fasher locality, when these latest rounds of hostilities began. Across the country, hostilities continue to put civilians at risk. In Khartoum state, intensified fighting disrupted a period of calm in the western neighbourhoods of Omdurman. There are also reports of newly displaced civilians who urgently need protection and humanitarian assistance. And in northern Sudan, drone attacks earlier this week forced the suspension of operations at the Merowe Dam, triggering widespread power outages across several states. The strikes reportedly caused civilian casualties and damaged critical infrastructure, underscoring the growing impact this conflict on essential services. We call - yet again - for an immediate cessation of hostilities and unhindered humanitarian access across Sudan. We also urge donors to scale up funding to keep life-saving services running and to help agencies reach people in need in areas hit by violence and acute hunger.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
“In the past week alone, more than 4,000 human beings have become newly displaced in North Darfur state,” said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, citing escalating violence around El Fasher, including at the Zamzam displacement camp.
The UN reported that since April 2023, over 400,000 people have been displaced within or from the El Fasher locality, as clashes between armed groups continue to destabilize the region. “Families fleeing – including many women and children – need urgent shelter, they need food, they need water, and they need medical supplies,” Dujarric said.
Aid delivery is being severely hampered. “One partner at Zamzam camp told our colleagues that rising costs and fuel shortages have forced the suspension of water trucking for newly displaced people there,” Dujarric added.
Beyond Darfur, fighting has intensified in Khartoum state, where clashes disrupted a period of calm in western Omdurman. Dujarric noted reports of new civilian displacements in the area, with people in urgent need of protection and humanitarian assistance.
In the north, drone strikes earlier this week forced operations at the Merowe Dam to halt, triggering power outages across several states. “The strikes reportedly caused civilian casualties and damaged critical infrastructure, underscoring the growing impact this conflict has on essential services,” Dujarric said.
The UN reiterated its calls for an “immediate cessation of hostilities and unhindered humanitarian access across Sudan,” and urged donors to “scale up funding to keep life-saving services running and to help agencies reach people in need in areas hit by violence and acute hunger.”
