Aid agencies urge warring sides in Sudan to allow relief access as violence escalates

Khartoum [Sudan], November 3: Millions of people across war-ravaged Sudan, particularly its western parts, remain in dire need of humanitarian aid as key generals show no intention of ending the civil war amid ongoing violence and killings in North Darfur's El-Fasher.
International aid agencies called on Sunday on the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to facilitate increased entry of aid while a roadmap by mediators has failed to produce a ceasefire so far.
A week after the paramilitary force seized El-Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur, after an 18-month siege and starvation campaign, the situation remains catastrophic.
Speaking to Al Jazeera from Tawila, an official with a France-based aid agency said only a few hundred more people have turned up in the town over the past few days.
"Those are very small numbers considering the number of people who were stuck in El-Fasher. We keep hearing feedback that people are stuck on the roads and in different villages that are unfortunately still inaccessible due to security reasons," said Caroline Bouvard, Sudan country director for Solidarites International.
"There's a strong request for advocacy with the different parties to ensure that humanitarian aid can reach these people or that at least we can send in trucks to bring them back to Tawila."(Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune