Children starving in Sudan’s conflict zones as aid fails to reach camps: summary

What we know

• A doctors' group says at least 13 children died last month due to food shortages in a displacement camp in Sudan’s East Darfur state.
• The Lagawa camp in el-Daein, which is home to about 7,000 people, is facing worsening hunger and malnutrition, worsened by repeated attacks from armed groups.
• The war, now in its third year, has broken down the country’s economy and services, leaving millions of people without food, healthcare or shelter.
• Aid groups are also warning of a cholera outbreak in Darfur, with over 1,500 cases reported in the city of Tawila since June.
• Sudan’s civil war began in April 2023 between the army and the RSF, plunging the country into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

 What they said

The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement, “The network calls on the international community and humanitarian organisations to act immediately to provide food and basic healthcare to the camp's residents, especially children and pregnant women.”