‘A high risk of biological hazard’: The WHO issued a warning after one of Sudan’s warring parties seized a national health facility that stores measles and cholera pathogens for vaccinations in the capital Khartoum
Enough of lull to allow more evacuations, departuresFood, water, medicine fuel shortages 'extremely acute' -UN
It gave few details and did not say which of the two sides - the army or the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces - had captured the lab, which also contains a major blood bank. The clashes have paralysed hospitals and other essential services, and left many people stranded in their homes with dwindling supplies of food and water. The WHO has reported 14 attacks on health facilities and is relocating staff to safety.
The U.N. humanitarian office said shortages of food, water, medicines and fuel were becoming "extremely acute", with prices for basic goods including bottled water rocketing, and it had been forced to cut back operations for safety reasons.that hundreds of thousands of people might flee into neighbouring countries.As foreign governments evacuated their nationals, those with nowhere to go said they.
"These are our fears after the evacuation of expatriates," he said with a nod to Sudan's long history of bloody civil wars. With civilians leaving Khartoum in cars and buses, the streets of one of Africa's biggest metropolitan areas were largely emptied of ordinary daily life, with those still in the city huddling at home while fighters roamed outside.
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