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A senior UN official warns that the situation in Sudan will have significant effects well beyond the Horn of Africa unless more is done to address the year-old civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.
In the wake of devastating floods, the Kenyan government says it has set up more than 100 camps to house over 27,500 people. Speaking to BBC Newsday, Toby Harward, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, described the situation in and around the city of El Fasher in North Darfur as "catastrophic":
That is a fraction of the more than 190,000 people who have been affected by the floods, according to government data. So far, 210 people are known to have died. The scale of the crisis in Sudan - the biggest displacement crisis, the biggest humanitarian crisis, more children out of school than anywhere else, massive sexual violence cases. The scale of this crisis and the potential for it to metastasize and spread across the region - which will have significant effects well beyond the Horn of Africa - demands much more attention from the international community."
President William Ruto is expected to address the nation amid growing pressure to declare the floods a national disaster. The UN official described increasing arbitrary killings, the burning of entire villages, intensifying air bombardments and a tightening siege that's preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid.
People living near 178 dams and reservoirs that have "filled up or nearly filled up" across the country were on Thursday directed to evacuate within 24 hours. El Fasher is the last city in the Darfur region still under army control and fears are growing that the paramilitary RSF and its allied militias are preparing an attack.
At the same time, a vacation notice has been give to people living within 30 metres of the Nairobi River system or other water courses across the country.
Compulsory evacuation along rivers in the capital Nairobi is ongoing as the government provides logistical support, temporary shelter and essential supplies to those affected, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said.
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