Dina Mahmoud (Khartoum, London)
Negotiations between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces will resume, under American-Saudi auspices, in Jeddah, as the two sides announced yesterday.
Since April 15, more than 9,000 people have been killed, according to a United Nations tally, and more than 5.6 million Sudanese have left their homes and been displaced within their country or have taken refuge in neighboring countries.
The Sudanese Armed Forces confirmed in a statement that “in response to a generous invitation from the two mediating countries in the Jeddah platform (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America) to resume the negotiating process with the Rapid Support Forces, and out of the belief of the Sudanese Armed Forces that negotiation is one of the means that might end the crisis, we accepted the invitation to go.” To Jeddah”. Later, a statement by the Rapid Support Forces reported that its delegation had arrived in Jeddah to resume negotiations.
The repercussions of the Sudanese crisis, which has lasted for approximately 6 months, are having negative impacts on neighboring countries, amid international expectations that the number of people fleeing to Chad will reach 600,000 people by the end of this year.
Experts in African affairs warn of the worsening consequences that this continuous influx of refugees will have on the economic, humanitarian and living conditions in Chadian territory.
Over the past six months, the eastern regions of this country have received approximately 490,000 people, which was considered an unprecedented influx, whether of Sudanese fleeing the scourge of fighting in their homeland, or of Chadians returning to their country from there, following the outbreak of battles in mid-April.
Hosting this number places great pressure on the already limited resources that Chadians depend on to survive, especially since 5.7 million of them suffer from food insecurity. The influx of Chadian refugees and returnees from Sudan has led to the displacement of some Chadian citizens themselves, and this, according to experts, may herald the destabilization of the Chadian internal arena, which requires greater attention to be given to the regions hosting those fleeing the Sudanese crisis.
This coincides with the continued inability of international relief agencies to provide the necessary budget to provide vital humanitarian supplies to those in need in Chad. So far, only 25% of this budget, which amounts to more than $920 million, has been allocated.
In statements published by the Voice of America radio on its website, Violet Kakyoumya, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Chad and the Humanitarian Affairs Officer there, confirmed that the citizens of this country have just gone through the worst period of decline in their food stocks in a decade, which prevents them from Residents are able to meet their basic nutritional needs.
This is partly due to the fact that Chad is classified among the countries in the world most affected by the consequences of climate change, as it suffers from prolonged droughts and devastating floods, affecting more than seven million people, out of a population of 18 million, the total population of the country. .
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