Symbiotic kitchens in Khartoum (Sudanese Press)
The crisis of the interruption of communication and Internet services in Sudan for the fourth week due to battles between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has affected popular kitchens in Khartoum.
The Khartoum State Emergency Room announced, on its page on the “X” platform, that the number of collective kitchens that have stopped working in the capital has risen to 221, warning of an increase in cases of malnutrition and death due to hunger.
To the patient and steadfast masses of our people,
to everyone who cares about alleviating the suffering of our people
We report to you what the situation has become in Khartoum State. Today, we are suffering from a serious humanitarian crisis as a result of the cessation of a large number of hospices and joint solidarity kitchens that used to provide food to the needy....
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- Khartoum State Emergency Room (@ERR_Khartoum) March 3, 2024
Popular kitchens provided an alternative solution to the food crisis for the needy in Khartoum State, providing them with main meals and meeting the food needs of thousands of families.
The news coming from Sudan sparked a state of dissatisfaction among the pioneers of social media platforms due to the extent of the suffering, and tweeters said that the daily news coming from there smells of death and destruction.
It has become daily news that our families are dying from hunger 💔
Donate to our brothers in Sudan, they are in need https://t.co/HH07Gxf9KY https://t.co/44aiJPOV3p
- Boudour (@11_____111) March 5, 2024
Communications and the Internet are still out of service for the twenty-second day in Khartoum State, Gezira, Darfur Region and Kordofan Region.
The last contact with family and acquaintances in Omdurman was 3 weeks ago, and the suffering continues due to hunger and lack of medicine. #Sudan_Out_of_Coverage#KeepEyesOnSudan pic.twitter.com/h5MrmWv82s
- Bakh (@notbakhmoe) March 1, 2024
Activists on social media platforms likened the situation of citizens in Sudan to that of the people of the Gaza Strip who die of hunger every day, saying, “Sudan also has people in great need of an airdrop of humanitarian aid. The country has entered famine and people are dying of hunger and bullets.”
Sudan's people are also in dire need of airdrops for humanitarian aid. The country has entered a famine and people are dying from hunger and bullets. Most of them are not working, as communications and the Internet have been cut off for 21 days for most of the country.
- 🔻stinging creature (@mennahesham247) February 27, 2024
Due to high rates of hunger and malnutrition, activists revealed the death of two children from starvation in the Jabal Awliya area, south of Khartoum, during the past few days.
In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Akef Mukhtar, a member of the Bahri Emergency Room, warned of a humanitarian catastrophe that may occur with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, if communications and the Internet continue to be interrupted and humanitarian aid is not facilitated.
Voices rose on social media platforms to save the Sudanese from their reality, and to inform the world of the tragedy happening in Sudan.
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- Nusaybah.
(@_Nosayba_) March 5, 2024
The United Nations World Food Program posted a warning on its page on the “X” platform, saying, “Unless the fighting stops, Sudan’s war may become the largest hunger crisis in the world.”
Currently, 90% of people face severe levels of hunger in Sudan, and are stuck in areas that the World Food Program cannot reach.
Conflict in #Sudan
🔴Hunger pushed to record levels
🔴Creating the largest displacement crisis in the world
🔴Creating a humanitarian disaster affecting the region
The World Food Program calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent further deterioration and instability.
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- United Nations World Food Program (@WFP_Arabic) March 5, 2024
Since April 15, Sudan has witnessed battles between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), which resulted in the deaths of more than 13,000 people and caused a widespread humanitarian crisis, according to United Nations estimates.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies + social networking sites