From the front line: MSF's country representative in Sudan, Dr Ghazali Babiker outlines the major challenges he and his teams face in Sudan as fighting rages...
EVERYWHERE IN SUDAN, our teams with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders teams are facing serious challenges. The worst hit areas so far are Khartoum, Darfur, North Kordofan and Gedaref states. Our premises in Nyala, South Darfur, in the west of the country, have been looted – including one of our warehouses.
Alamy Stock Photo Destroyed military vehicles are seen in southern in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Alamy Stock Photo We are ready to provide supplies and medical personnel to key functional health facilities that need support, but it is too dangerous for anyone to move within Khartoum and other cities.
The majority of the wounded we’re seeing in Al Fasher are civilians who were caught in the crossfire – and among them are many children. They have extremely serious injuries and, until Saturday afternoon, there was no surgical capacity in this hospital. All other hospitals in North Darfur have had to close due to their proximity to the fighting, or due to the inability of staff to get to the facilities because of the violence.
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