A health official informed on Sunday that most of them are women and children. According to the official details, this number is only the patients who have been taken to the hospital.
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In the besieged city of El-Fasher in Sudan, 63 people died in one week due to malnutrition. A health official informed on Sunday that most of them are women and children.
According to the official details, this number is only the patients who have been taken to the hospital. Due to poor security and lack of vehicles, many families buried their dead relatives without treatment.
El-Fasher paramilitary group has been under siege by the Rapid Support Force (RSF) since May last year. The group has been at war with the Sudanese regular army since May 2080. El-Fasher is one of the last major cities under the control of the army in the Darfur region. After returning from the capital, the group recently increased its attacks again.
Tens of thousands of people have been forced to take refuge in El-Fasher after the massive attack on the nearby Zamzam displaced camp last March.
Collective kitchens, which were once considered life savers, have been closed due to food shortages. It has been reported that some families are living by eating grass or discarded food.
According to the United Nations, about 40 percent of children under the age of five in El-Fasher are acutely malnourished, of which 11 percent are severely malnourished.
As the rainy season reaches its peak in July, it has become more difficult to reach the city. Due to damaged roads, it has become impossible to deliver relief materials.
The war that has been going on for three years has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and according to the United Nations, it has now become the world's largest displacement and hunger crisis.
