Attachments
HIGHLIGHTS
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ETC is continuing to collaborate closely with Sudatel on the undersea cable and local loop project. Infrastructure work has been completed at the United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS) office in Port Sudan, bringing the total number of sites reached across Port Sudan, Atbara, Kassala, Dongola, and Al-Gedarif―as part of the project to fourteen.
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ETC completed its mission to Al-Gedarif on 08 November, successfully preparing the new WFP office for connectivity, and helping prepare the Al-Gedarif Security Operations Centre (SOC).
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In November ETC successfully completed four out five planned ‘Cambium Network’ training sessions in Dubai, with the final session due to be conducted from 02 to 06 December. The training aims to equip humanitarians with sufficient technical capacity to fully utilize the new network equipment intended for response scaled up in 2025.
Situation overview
The security situation in Sudan remains highly volatile with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) maintaining control across much of Darfur and the West of the country, and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) maintaining control over key cities in the East. Fighting continues to intensify around El-Fasher in the West and Khartoum in the East. Violence has also escalated in Al-Gezira state, where multiple towns and villages have suffered attacks from RSF forces during November.
While fighting has intensified with the onset of the dry season, the humanitarian community has made progress with its capacity to access hard-to-reach areas. A WFP convoy of 15 trucks successfully reached Zamzam camp in Darfur through the Adre border crossing for the first time since the conflict began. In addition, the United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) has successfully conducted maiden flights into Dongola and Kassala airports after originally receiving clearance from the authorities in September, thereby opening more airfields for humanitarian purposes in Sudan.