{"id":38323,"date":"2024-11-13T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/sudan-keeps-key-aid-crossing-from-chad-open-for-hard-hit-darfur-region-as-famine-grows\/13\/11\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:40:11","slug":"sudan-keeps-key-aid-crossing-from-chad-open-for-hard-hit-darfur-region-as-famine-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/sudan-keeps-key-aid-crossing-from-chad-open-for-hard-hit-darfur-region-as-famine-grows\/13\/11\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">CAIRO, Egypt (AP) \u2014 Sudan\u2019s military-controlled government on Wednesday said a key border crossing with Chad will stay open to keep much-needed humanitarian aid flowing into the hard-hit Darfur region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The decision on the Adre crossing followed a meeting with United Nations agencies and local and international aid groups, Sudan\u00b4s ruling Sovereign Council said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The border crossing, which was closed earlier this year, was reopened in August for three months by the Sovereign Council to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Darfur. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/famine-sudan-darfur-hunger-2f6a5d2a7e42a9ba504b70928679a53f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Famine has been confirmed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Famine has been confirmed<\/a> in the Zamzam displacement camp near al-Fasher, West Darfur\u00b4s provincial capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/sudan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:war in Sudan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">war in Sudan<\/a> erupted in April 2023 between Sudan\u00b4s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Global experts with the Famine Review Committee warn that more than 25 million people \u2014 more than half of Sudan\u2019s population \u2014 are expected to face acute hunger this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The war has also created the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis, with more than 14 million people forced to flee their homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The Adre crossing is a lifeline. Over the last three months, more than 300 aid trucks have crossed into Sudan there, carrying assistance for more than 1 million people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Aid groups on Wednesday welcomed the news of the extension and urged all parties to stop obstructing humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u00a8This decision, if sustained and supported with streamlined processes, could be a lifeline for the 5.3 million children and families on the brink of starvation,&#8221; Mathilde Vu, advocacy manager in Sudan for the Norwegian Refugee Council, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The international community should seize the moment and scale up funding to accelerate the response, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Mednick reported from Dakar, Senegal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/sudan-keeps-key-aid-crossing-190614699.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO, Egypt (AP) &mdash; Sudan&rsquo;s military-controlled government on Wednesday said a key border crossing with Chad will stay open to keep much-needed<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/sudan-keeps-key-aid-crossing-from-chad-open-for-hard-hit-darfur-region-as-famine-grows\/13\/11\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}