A senior UN official voiced concern Thursday about the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, stating that approximately 30 million— nearly two-thirds of the nation’s population—are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance as the civil war persists.

During a press briefing in New York, the director of operations and advocacy for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Edem Wosornu, shared insights from her recent trip to Sudan and Chad, where approximately 850,000 people have sought refuge due to the Sudanese civil war.

Wosornu called attention to how the capital city of North Darfur, El Fasher, has been under siege for 500 days and is suffering from a cholera outbreak that “doesn’t care whether you’re in uniform or a civilian.”

She also explained that appr

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