A Sudanese relief committee announced Friday that the Ambru area in North Darfur State, western Sudan, is witnessing a deepening humanitarian crisis that has forcibly displaced more than 6,500 families to nearby valleys and villages.
In a statement, the committee known as the North Darfur Emergency Chambers Council warned of a worsening humanitarian disaster in the Ambru locality since late December, citing deteriorating security and living conditions that have forced thousands to flee their homes.
The statement added that displaced families “are sleeping in the open and enduring harsh conditions amid acute shortages of shelter and food, coinciding with the collapse of public services and the looting of both public and private property, including the only ambulance in the area.”
According to the committee, the shutdown of the Ambru rural hospital has left patients and people with special needs facing severe health risks. It called for an urgent humanitarian and international intervention to provide food and medicine and to facilitate the medical evacuation of critical cases and the elderly.
On December 28, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported the displacement of more than 7,000 people from the Ambru and Kornoi areas in North Darfur following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
A day earlier, the Sudan Doctors’ Union Network accused the RSF of killing more than 200 people on ethnic grounds in the areas of Ambru, Serba, and Abu Qamra since the group’s takeover—claims to which the RSF has not responded.
Additionally, on December 25, the Joint Force of Armed Movements in Darfur, which is allied with the Sudanese army, announced it had repelled an RSF attack targeting several northern areas of North Darfur.
These developments come amid the RSF’s push to gain full control of North Darfur State, while clashes continue between the RSF and the Sudanese army across Darfur and the Kordofan region, causing extensive displacement.
On December 24, the RSF claimed to have captured the Abu Qamra and Ambru areas following military assaults.
Out of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF currently controls all five states of Darfur in the west except for parts of North Darfur, which remain under army control. The Sudanese army retains authority over the remaining 13 states, including the capital, Khartoum.
(Source: Anadolu Agency)
