Save the Children, citing government figures, says more than 200,000 people fled to El Obeid in the first half of the year. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSave the Children, citing government figures, says more than 200,000 people fled to El Obeid in the first half of the year.
Condições humanitárias na cidade sudanesa de El Obeid e em dois acampamentos em suas imediações são graves e se deterioram, segundo relatos de pessoas no local, à medida que civis deslocados pelos combates entre as Forças Armadas do Sudão e a milícia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continuam a chegar em massa do interior circundante.
The UN says more than 15,000 families have arrived since mid-July, joining more than 200,000 people who arrived in the first half of the year, according to government figures cited by Save the Children.
As novas chegadas chegaram a pé, carregando quase nada, disse ela. “Eles também sofrem com escassez de comida e definitivamente chegam traumatizados.”.
A cidade, capital da província de Norte de Kordofan, abrigava cerca de meio milhão de habitantes antes da guerra ter começado há mais de três anos.
View image in fullscreenTens of thousands of people are living in tented camps around El Obeid. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesWhile many of the new arrivals have been absorbed into the city, tens of thousands are living in two main tented camps.
According to analysis of satellite data by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, 800 new tents appeared in one of the camps between 4 and 25 August.
A guerra civil eclodiu na capital do Sudão, Khartoum, a cerca de 250 milhas (400km) a nordeste de El Obeid, em 15 de abril de 2023, quando uma luta pelo poder entre as Forças Armadas e a RSF descendeu para um conflito aberto.
Since then, about 11. 3 million people have been displaced, more than a fifth of the population. Some parts of the country, including El Obeid and surrounding areas, are at risk of famine.
View image in fullscreenThe damaged interior of a lawyers' syndicate in El Obeid, reportedly targeted by the RSF in July. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesA surge in RSF drone strikes on El Obeid and nearby areas in June led the UN to warn that the city could face a repeat of what happened in El Fasher.
The number of strikes has since fallen. The armed forces also recaptured a key road leading north to Khartoum in late July, which at least partly lifted the threat of besiegement.
However, drones are still killing and injuring civilians, while violence rages in the surrounding districts, pushing people to the city.
Recentemente, voluntários em El Obeid perceberam mais ataques de drones “double-tap”, onde um segundo drone segue o primeiro, atingindo socorristas no local, disse Maryam.
Sudan’s civil war has become dominated by drones, accounting for half of all violent incidents, up from 4% at the start of the war, said Nohad Eltayeb, who monitors Sudan for Acled, a conflict tracking group.
Both sides used drones, but the RSF’s usage had become more volatile since the US war with Iran began to interrupt supply lines in February, she said. “They rely on fewer, very targeted strikes.”.
Até agora neste ano, registraram-se 322 incidentes de violência que afetaram civis na região mais ampla de Kordofan, em comparação com 388 no total de 2025, segundo dados do Acled.
While the RSF was responsible for half of those, the SAF has also killed and injured civilians. On 10 August, armed forces and an allied militia killed five civilians and injured 10 about 60 miles north-east of El Obeid, according to Emergency Lawyers, a non-governmental group.
Com as ameaças aos caminhões de entrega, os preços dos alimentos dispararam. No norte de Kordofan, em julho, de acordo com dados do Programa Mundial de Alimentos, um litro de óleo de amendoim custou 17.
000 libras sudanesas (£21), um aumento em relação a 13. 000 em junho e 7. 700 no ano passado.
The prices of wheat flour and goat and sheep meat have also more than doubled in the last year.
View image in fullscreenConditions in the camps around El Obeid are said to be poor. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, El Obeid’s power and water infrastructure still has not fully recovered from RSF drone strikes in June.
Conditions in the camps were poor too, Santos said. “In terms of sanitation, it’s very, very bad. It’s not enough. The ratio of latrines per person is impossible – there are more than 100 people for a latrine.
So basically there is open defecation.”.
Maryam said she and her fellow local volunteers remained committed, despite the difficulties. “The situation is deteriorating, but we are trying to stay together, to stay strong in the face of the drone attacks and the influx of IDPs.
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