🔴 In Zamzam camp, North Darfur, Sudan, the death rate is catastrophic.
— MSF International (@MSF) February 25, 2024
At least 1 child dies every 2 hours, often due to treatable illnesses like malaria or malnutrition. An urgent mass mobilisation from the international community is crucial in order to save lives. pic.twitter.com/Lt00T7ODbR
Malnutrition and disease are rife at the ‘overwhelmed’ Zamzam camp, a host to 300,000 internally displaced people, one of hundreds in Sudan, where war has displaced nearly 8 million people. The scale is simply terrifying. Zamzam is just one camp. There are hundreds of others in Sudan.
Read more from The Guardian.org
By Fred Harter in Addis Ababa
Dated Wed, 21 Feb 2024, 13.52 GMT - excerpts:
Inside the Darfur camp where a child dies every two hours
Like most of Sudan, Zamzam has had no phone or internet connection for the past two weeks, but the Guardian managed to talk to refugees through a satellite link. They described a desperate situation, with no clean drinking water and little access to medical treatment. Families share meagre food stores.
Almost 25% of children are severely malnourished. Dengue fever and malaria are sweeping through the camp. Beyond its perimeters roam militiamen who kidnap or attack women who venture out to collect firewood or grass for their donkeys. Apart from one small distribution in June, no food aid has arrived since fighting erupted across Sudan on 15 April.
