{"id":15344,"date":"2024-02-10T12:49:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T12:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/internet-blackout-hits-sudan-as-un-appeals-for-4-1-billion-to-ease-epic-suffering-caused-by-war\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T12:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T12:49:28","slug":"internet-blackout-hits-sudan-as-un-appeals-for-4-1-billion-to-ease-epic-suffering-caused-by-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/internet-blackout-hits-sudan-as-un-appeals-for-4-1-billion-to-ease-epic-suffering-caused-by-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet blackout hits Sudan as UN appeals for $4.1 billion to ease \u2018epic suffering\u2019 caused by war"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Internet connectivity was shut down for a third day in Sudan amid ongoing clashes between the Sudanese\u00a0army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)\u00a0that have left thousands killed and millions displaced in nearly 10 months of fighting. <\/p>\n

Internet monitoring firm,\u00a0Netblocks confirmed the outage Friday, saying that \u201ca near-total telecoms blackout\u201d has limited communication in the country and prevented the Sudanese people from seeking safe zones and accessing healthcare and banking services. <\/p>\n

The Sudanese foreign ministry blamed the RSF for the blackout which further complicates the dilemma of millions of locals unable to flee the conflict and who the UN says are in dire need of humanitarian aid. The RSF has yet to publicly deny responsibility for the blackout. <\/p>\n

The UN on Wednesday appealed for $4.1 billion to meet the \u201cmost urgent humanitarian needs\u201d amidst \u201cepic suffering\u201d in\u00a0Sudan, adding that half of\u00a0its population \u2013 some 25 million people need support and protection, with millions hungry and displaced by the war. <\/p>\n

Citizens facing acute hunger<\/h2>\n

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN\u2019s Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched the joint appeal, seeking $2.7 billion for humanitarian aid to 14.7 million people, and $1.4 billion to support nearly 2.7 million refugees in five countries neighboring\u00a0Sudan. <\/p>\n

\u201cTen months of conflict have robbed the people of\u00a0Sudan\u00a0of nearly everything \u2013 their safety, their homes and their livelihoods,\u201d said the UN\u2019s emergency aid chief Martin Griffiths, adding that last year\u2019s appeal was less than half funded. <\/p>\n

While the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary RSF have both failed to honor their previous commitments to facilitate humanitarian aid for civilians, attacks on humanitarian workers, facilities and supply convoys have taken place since the war\u2019s outset.\u00a0Humanitarian aid has been severely hampered by the fighting and lack of access. <\/p>\n

The RSF on Thursday, in an apparent effort to deflect responsibility for the large scale civilian suffering in Sudan called for\u00a0\u201cprompt action from regional and international organizations and agencies to provide urgent relief, adding that Sudanese civilians were \u201cfacing the real possibility of starvation.\u201d <\/p>\n

The organization\u2019s head, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, in a post on X, wrote that the crisis is \u201clargely due to the obstruction of humanitarian aid by the opposing forces\u201d. <\/p>\n

Nearly 18 million people are facing acute hunger, according to OCHA, with civilian infrastructure like water supplies damaged by the fighting, and three-quarters of health facilities not functioning in conflict areas. <\/p>\n

Some 19 million children not attending school, continued widespread human rights violations, and gender-based violence are among the challenges cited in the UN\u2019s funding appeal. <\/p>\n

The war that erupted in April 2023 between\u00a0Sudan\u2019s Armed forces and the paramilitary RSF has created the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis, with children making up nearly 4 million of those fleeing their homes. <\/p>\n

In Sudan\u2019s North Darfur Zamzam camp for displaced people, at least one child dies every two hours from malnutrition, according to estimates by the M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders. <\/p>\n

Sudan\u2019s two warring factions have been accused of gross human rights violations. <\/p>\n

The US determined that both SAF and RSF members have committed war crimes, holding the latter responsible for\u00a0crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing\u00a0in Sudan. <\/p>\n

The\u00a0International Criminal Court prosecutor said \u201cthere are\u00a0grounds to believe\u201d genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity \u2013 are being committed\u00a0in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region\u00a0by both SAF and RSF, and their\u00a0affiliated groups. <\/p>\n\n

This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Internet connectivity was shut down for a third day in Sudan amid ongoing clashes between the Sudanese\u00a0army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)\u00a0that have left thousands killed and millions displaced in nearly 10 months of fighting. Internet monitoring firm,\u00a0Netblocks confirmed the outage Friday, saying that \u201ca near-total telecoms blackout\u201d has limited communication in the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}