The INGO Forum strongly condemns the escalating violence in Sudan's North Darfur. The deliberate targeting of civilians and displacement camps has turned the region into a death trap for over a million people.

Over 2 million babies are estimated to have been born in 18 months of devastating conflict in Sudan, all at risk from a decimated healthcare system and crisis levels of hunger, according to a new analysis by Save the Children.

Aid workers from several organizations caught up in a five-month siege of El Fasher in southwestern Sudan said the lack of services and escalating violence was making life harder by the day, calling for immediate action to protect those at risk. The aid workers describe their experiences of the brutality of the constant bombardment and dwindling access to food, clean water, medicine or healthcare after nearly 18 months of conflict in Sudan

The conflict in Sudan has seen a major increase in intensity in recent weeks, with violence hitting a seven-month high in the country, with children on the frontline, said Save the Children. Violent incidents include airstrikes, artillery shelling, use of explosives and remote violence in multiple regions.
 

Nearly 500 unaccompanied and separated children have arrived in Blue Nile and Gedaref states in Sudan over six weeks as heavy fighting forces more people to flee for safety after 16 months of conflict, Save the Children said.

The number of children in Sudan seeking treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has surged to unprecedented levels, with clinics overwhelmed and global experts on food security warning that parts of the country are in the worst possible phase of hunger

Armed groups occupying health facilities and looting supplies in Sudan are taking lifesaving treatment from millions of children.