NGO Doctors Without Borders also known as MSF is calling on the various stakeholders in Sudan to facilitate humanitarian aid delivery to the Zamzam camp in the country's western region of Darfur. MSF says it was forced to stop care for 5,000 children on an outpatient basis, including 2,900 children with severe acute malnutrition. It accuses the warring parties in Sudan of blocking for months, the delivery of food, medicines, and supplies to the camp. Zamzam camp sits outside the capital of the North-Darfur state were fihgting rages. The camp attracted broader international attention as the IPC Famine Review Committee concluded in August that a famine was underway.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 12, 2024 14:04 UTC