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Highlights
▪ Ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued for more than 300 days, since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023.
▪ The Resident and Humantarian Coordinator for Sudan, Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, warns over attacks on volunteers working for civil society entities, including community-based groups, reiterating that civilians, including humanitarian workers, are not a target.
▪ On 20 February, the Expanded Mechanism for the Resolution of the Sudan Crisis, convened a meeting at the level of Permanent Representatives to the African Union, in which members were introduced to the newly-appointed AU High-Level Panel for Sudan. The Participants all stressed the critical importance of working towards a ceasefire, and expressed the imperative of ensuring coordination of the various mediation initiatives.
▪ On 21 February 2024, the Government of Sudan communicated the suspension of cross-border humanitarian operations from eastern Chad through the Adre border crossing point. This comes at a time when UNHCR was planning to transport CRIs for over 2,400 vulnerable IDP households to the Saraf Omra and Kutum localities in North Darfur. Efforts to secure agreements to deliver life-saving assistance both cross-border and cross line to Darfur and the Kordofans continue.