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Blue Nile clashes displace nearly 20,000 people in Sudan
Clashes and deteriorating security conditions in Sudan’s Blue Nile State have displaced nearly 20,000 people from Medina 12 in the Qayssan area. Families, children, women and older people urgently need shelter, food, water, health care and protection supplies.
Rising security risks in Sudan’s Blue Nile State have displaced nearly 20,000 people from Medina 12 in the Qayssan area. Families, children, women and older people are among those forced to flee.
The Qayssan Emergency Room said the new wave of displacement had affected everyone living in Medina 12, as well as people who had previously settled in shelters. Families in the area are facing severe humanitarian conditions because of serious shortages of basic supplies and shelter.
Appeal for shelter and basic necessities
Those displaced urgently need shelter materials, food, drinking water, health care and protection equipment. The Qayssan Emergency Room called on humanitarian organizations and local and international institutions to respond quickly to the growing needs.
The statement called for efforts to reduce the humanitarian and health impacts that could result from the population movement and the rainy season. Some of those displaced moved to the Shire, Abu Qumi and Old Neighborhood areas, while others headed east to Wad al-Mahi locality. Others settled in shelters in the Blue Nile State capital, Damazin.
Military activity in Blue Nile
Rising military tensions in Blue Nile State over the past two days coincided with the latest wave of displacement. The Rapid Support Forces and their ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North, have carried out attacks in various parts of the state.
The Rapid Support Forces said on Friday that they had taken control of the Bekuri and Sirkam military bases southeast of Damazin.
The Sudanese army also announced on Thursday that it had shot down a “strategic and hostile” unmanned aerial vehicle that entered Blue Nile State after crossing the Ethiopian border. The army said the number of unmanned aerial vehicles it had reported shooting down within a week had risen to three.
War continues across several states
Fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces is continuing in Blue Nile and Darfur, as well as in the North, West and South Kordofan states.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and around 13 million displaced in Sudan’s war, which has continued since April 2023. These figures are based on United Nations and international estimates.
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