TABNAK, Oct, 30: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei referred to the ongoing conflicts in Sudan and the killing of civilians and the displacement of a large number of people in different regions of the country, describing the situation as ‘painful’ and ‘unfortunate’.
He said dire humanitarian conditions in this country is quiet concerning.
The Iranian official also for more attention from the international community, especially international humanitarian institutions, to the critical situation in Sudan and emphasized the need to strengthen efforts to stop the conflict and send international humanitarian aid to the displaced civilians.
International Organization for Migration counts over 14 million forced from their homes with war, hunger and disease in Sudan.
The civil conflict has created the world’s largest displacement crisis this year, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. IOM Director-General Amy Pope described the situation in the war-torn African country as “catastrophic” in remarks to the press.
Sudan’s vicious civil war erupted in April 2023 following a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the army’s former paramilitary allies, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which previously collaborated to remove former President Omar al-Bashir in a 2019 military coup.
Since then, about 30 percent of the country’s total population have fled their homes, said Pope.
Of those, 11 million are internally displaced and 3.1 million have fled to neighboring countries, and the numbers continue to increase.
More than half of the people displaced are women and over a quarter are children under five years old.
Diseases are also spreading fast and 50 percent of Sudanese people are struggling to get the minimal amount of food to survive.
On Saturday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) described the situation as “one of the most acute crises in living memory”.
The UN has also warned that about 25 million people – more than half of Sudan’s population – are likely to face acute unger by the end of the year.
