Khartoum, 25 April, 2024 / 8:41 pm (ACI Africa).
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan needs urgent attention, the leadership of the development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), has said.
In a statement that was published on Wednesday, April 24, officials of the Catholic entity say the yearlong war that broke out in April 2023 has created “one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises (and) the situation is quickly getting worse, and people caught up in the middle of the conflict are now facing yet another crisis – hunger.”
“The war in Sudan has forced millions of people to flee their homes. People are running out of food, water and medicine and many families continue to risk their lives fleeing their homes to escape the fighting. Please donate today to help meet these urgent, basic needs,” they say.
CAFOD leadership appeals for support, saying, “Your donation today can help to make a real difference by providing basic essentials like emergency food, water and shelter. Your donation today can provide emergency food, shelter and water to families who need it in Sudan and its surrounding countries.”
CAFOD officials further say that since fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary force under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, and army units of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), their entity has been providing financial aid to local partners “to urgently scale up their emergency response.”
