In Sudan, Africa, even after the military and paramilitary RSF = Rapid Response Force agreed to a new 72-hour ceasefire, gunfights and shelling continue in some areas, and the maintenance of the ceasefire is in jeopardy.
In Sudan, armed clashes have occurred between the military and the paramilitary RSF = Rapid Response Force since the 15th of this month, and according to WHO = World Health Organization, 459 people have died so far.
The two sides announced that they had agreed to a new 25-hour ceasefire from 0:72 a.m. on the 25th through the mediation of the United States and others, but according to local media, gunfights and shelling continued in some parts of the capital Khartoum.
A doctor in the capital Khartoum told NHK by telephone that at least 10 people were injured when a medical institution in the suburbs of Khartoum was damaged by shells on the afternoon of the 27th.
The WHO also revealed that armed groups had broken into and occupied a public health laboratory in the capital, Khartoum, and were using it as a military facility.
The WHO is very concerned that poliovirus and cholera bacteria are stored in the laboratory.
In the region, the supply of electricity and water is disrupted, there is a shortage of medicine, robberies and looting are frequent, and the deterioration of security is becoming serious.
While countries continue to evacuate their nationals on the ground, Sudanese people are increasingly fleeing to neighboring countries, and the United Nations says that up to <>,<> people may flee the country.
The Sudanese military and the RSF have accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement, raising concerns about a further deterioration in the humanitarian situation amid jeopardies in maintaining the ceasefire.
Strong concern over WHO Institute of Public Health occupation
WHO = A representative of the World Health Organization's Sudan office expressed strong concern when it revealed that groups continuing to fight are breaking into and occupying the public health laboratory in the capital Khartoum, where harmful viruses are stored.
WHO Sudan Office Representative Abid participated online from Port Sudan, an eastern city where he had evacuated, at a UN press conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 25.
In it, Abid revealed that a group of fighting groups broke into the public health laboratory in the capital Khartoum and occupied it and used it as a military facility.
The WHO is very concerned that poliovirus and cholera bacteria are stored in the laboratory.
The press conference did not specifically mention the group, but said that all staff were instructed to leave the facility.
Abid expressed strong concern about the lack of electricity in the city, saying, "If there is a power outage and there is no staff, there is a high risk of a biological disaster."
On the other hand, according to Mr. Abid and others, since the armed conflict broke out on the 15th of this month, at least 459 people have been killed and 4072,14 injured, and 8 attacks have occurred on medical facilities, resulting in eight deaths.