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Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has reportedly suspended operations in Sudan’s North Darfur due to intense fighting, it announced on Monday.
MSF was among the few aid organizations still working in the besieged Zamzam camp, which shelters around 500,000 people displaced by Sudan’s 22-month civil war.
The charity had been running a field hospital treating wounded civilians and malnourished children amid attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this month.
“Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to suspend all activities in the camp, including the MSF field hospital,” the organization said in a statement.
MSF reported treating 139 patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds in its facility this month, though 11 succumbed due to a lack of essential medical equipment.
“The sheer proximity of the violence, difficulties in sending supplies, the impossibility of deploying experienced staff, and uncertainty over evacuation routes have left us with little choice,” said Yahya Kalilah, MSF’s Head of Mission in Sudan.
Since April 2023, the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army has killed tens of thousands, left half of Sudan’s population facing hunger, and driven several areas into famine.
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