Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami
PORT SUDAN, Sudan, April 20, 2025/APO Group/ --
The humanitarian community in Sudan is facing critical and intensifying operational challenges in North Darfur State, driven by the forced and large-scale displacement of civilians away from established infrastructure and humanitarian services. These challenges have severely disrupted existing humanitarian operations and exponentially increased the vulnerability of hundreds of thousands of people.
The current mass displacement – particularly from Zamzam, Abu Shouk, and other displaced camps – has pushed an estimated 400,000-450,000 people toward Tawila, areas surrounding Jebel Marra, and further. These population movements are increasingly fluid, unpredictable, and fueled by ongoing hostilities and fears of a broader offensive on El Fasher. The situation is further compounded by rising levels of food insecurity, with displaced populations increasingly cut off from supply chains and assistance, placing them at heightened risk of epidemic outbreaks, malnutrition and famine.
The humanitarian community is facing multiple operational challenges, preventing us from responding appropriately.
Despite our repeated appeals, humanitarian access to Al Fasher and surrounding areas remains dangerously restricted. The UN and NGO actors must be granted immediate and sustained access to these areas to ensure life-saving support can be delivered safely and at scale. Proximity-based humanitarian assistance must be delivered and sustained through already established infrastructure, which is far better equipped to respond comprehensively and effectively. Preserving access to these systems is critical to prevent further forced displacement and to ease the burden on already overstretched areas like Tawila and surrounding host communities.
The humanitarian system is currently overstretched. We urgently call on donors to provide flexible, front-loaded funding through mechanisms such as the Sudan Humanitarian Fund. This funding is critical to support first responders, mobilize life-saving supplies, and sustain emergency response operations.
The scale and gravity of reported violations, including direct attacks on IDPs and humanitarian personnel, are unacceptable. Civilians must never be a target. Forced displacement must never be a precondition for accessing life-saving aid.
Call to Action:
To the parties to the conflict: We call on all parties to the conflict to respect International Humanitarian Law and allow safe, sustained, and unimpeded humanitarian access to civilians in need. Civilians must be protected, and humanitarian workers must be allowed to carry out their work without threat or obstruction.
To donors: Your immediate support is critical to continue mobilizing resources and capacity for this emergency response. We call for exceptional, rapid funding support to maintain the humanitarian response in North Darfur.
The humanitarian community stands committed to respond to this crisis with urgency.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
Alshabab are three Wings; The Hawiye, the RW'JW and the Darod.
The Hawiye commandores the Hisbul Islah ex ICU under SH.Dahir Aweys.
The RW'JW commandores the Bay'Bakool et what else under Roobows.
The RW'JW and Godane are close flank to the Hawiye Alshabab in political terms
and even if otherwise, the strong Hawiye would never allow them to act otherwise.
The opposing Darod Alshabab..ASWJ,Alitihad-ONLF'WSLF and what else?
Bcos of Hawiye in the big central parts of Somalia and the majority geog/populationwise,
and Mogadiscio the Capital, like the Taliban and the Afghan Govt, the dominating powers
of Somalia whether the SFG or Alshabab fighters would favour President HSM and Dahir
Aweys. Everything else takes a back seat.
Cheers.
mohamed cheers ,
What you wrote it does not realy make any sense.
1- AL-SHABAB leadership reside now villa Moryaan everyone knows that.
2- All these guys Roobow, Dahir Aweys are not the real leaders of A-shabab today, they were old guard.
3- If they give up themselves the reality is nothing will change, they are not consider these guys the real leaders of AL-SHABAB group.
4- Those committed crime against innocent people should face justice.
5- If CULUSOW try to protect them, he should face criminal charge.
Ahmed,
Please explain more, who are the new Alshabab leaders then?
President HSM is the President of the entire central high command of the SFG based in the
Capital Mogadiscio and he is fully the sole new govt of all the roadmap Signatories of
Somalia-Italia International Colonial demarcation map boundaries. Brothda Ahmed you should
know that Darodism are the minorities of Somalia and Somaliland and both Mogadiscio and
Hargeisa Govts are the two only major super powers to contend with. If this isn't sufficient
logical answer, you are free with your otherwise ill-fated intentions which failed in the past and
would not be allowed to come back again in another ugly face.
Cheers.
You really ought to not explain to retards like these who get their information from bitter old men that are still angry from the Karbashing they got in 91 and so sit in cafes all day gossiping like woman about their opponents.
irir samaale and ahmed
you made your self clear that you are Darod insects beaten up and made or forced to bondage type of life as they are all starving in the refugee camps in dhadhaab and in al jaxiim in Yemen .
you are to starve to die because you are evils of the religion and the Somali people in the Somalia
as you are enslaved in Kenya and Ethiopia will ever be enslaved else where in the world wherever
and you will never feel free but crying of being encircled and killed .
you will sometimes be paid to kill you fellow daroods and kab and koombo becouse you are not real worthy people (gun la wada yaqaan oo lagu shaqaysto ayaad tihiin oo aan asal lahayn magaca kabaha iyo qarafada ayaan ka garan kartaa ) that is for ahmed
irir samaale are u the sanwayn and walawayn being flogged along the BANKS of rivers .you better keep silent because no one is going to answer to you.
kkkk great long life to SOMALI LAND REPUBLIC.
GUUL ALAA HAYA ,
Tell that GODANE, for he will captured like a CAT and HANG in public. bring that M f*ck out from Hargiesa dirty city.
mohamed cheers+Irir Samaale cut the PS probably the same person.
As i said, they are new leadership in AL-SHABAB if these guys arrested or not it's not important.
You need to understand and put in your thick skull today Somalia have many semi-autonomous states including Hargiesa admin.
There is no such thing call any more Somalia-Italia. if Darood are Minority how come they are controling two large states in Somalia. it looks your mind set is very low.
kk, if Hargiesa council and Mogadishu Moryaan infested city both have power, why Moryaan muqdishu could not control their city? ask this question yourself. also, if Hargiesa Council have any legitimacy why there is war half of sanaag, buhoodle and sool? ask this question yourself, you sound like lost person.
Darood live three countries ( waa dad gub ah ilaaheyna badiyey not like you). which has higher numer ABSAME or isaq kkkk? Hassan Culusow he can not even control villa moryaan let alone whole of somalia. secondlly, Moryaan and their fake relatives are lot allow to come where darood admin is accept corporation only.
I will pray two rakaqa the day they catch ina Godane and cut his head off.
do you think Godane like your filthy jaboutians he brave ,religious man that Somalis have ever seen .he isn't as idiot as you are …he will rather put all the group of mercenaries in their prison for life .and he will rule with Allah's word in the whole of east Africa
Aweys right now is in a detention facility in Mogadishu's airport being debriefed by Somalia's intelligent service and most likely uncle Sam.
Hassan Dahir Aweys is now in custody with very tight security and those who have brought him from Adado have been badly beaten too while some of them are suffering from real gun shots. Apparently, the notables who were sent to Adado to bring Aweys down to Mogadishu with full insurances from Govt. side feel now that they have been deceived.
As a matter of fact, Hassan Aweys is a fanatic and stubborn individual who firmly believes that he is the representative of GOD in this world and whatever he does is right. Hassan Aweys will never ever rest in peace unless he dies or get killed, therefore he must face the real justice and be kept behind the bar for the rest of his life.
No if No but Dahir Aweys must be executed.
Why should sheik Aweye be excuted?.The only people in the Al shabab organazation that are old greater Somalia nationalist Somalis are Sheik Aweye and Robow.Both have never showed as hard core Jihadist like Godane or Al Ameriki.They are the key to solving the problem of southern Somalia.
The so called leaders like Aweys and Roobow now show their true colours how many Somalis died because of their orders, now that their lives are in danger they surrender just like Sharif Ahmed who said he will fight the Ethiopians when they invaded Somalia he too surrendered to save himself after sending hundreds of Somali volunteers to their deaths fighting the Ethiopian army.
These donkeys should pay for their crimes in this world and the next Inshallah.
No wonder they are mad they are sporting beards in hot arse africa! I bet if they shaved and had a cool fanto they would chill the f out.