Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Hamas: We salute our people who have demonstrated unparalleled pride, heroism, and honor.
Hamas: We salute our great people in the Gaza Strip, Al-Quds, the West Bank, and both inside and outside the homeland.
Hamas: We call on President Trump and the guarantor countries to compel the occupation government to fully implement the obligations of the agreement.
Hamas: We highly appreciate the efforts of the brotherly mediators in Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, and we value the efforts of US President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war.
Hamas: We announce that an agreement has been reached, which entails an end to the war on Gaza, the withdrawal of the occupation, the entry of aid, and a prisoner exchange.
Hani al-Dali to Al Mayadeen: Allegedly, Trump is personally guaranteeing a halt to the genocide and an initial 70% withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, to be followed by a full withdrawal.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spox: Mediators say agreement reached on all terms of first phase of Gaza ceasefire.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spox: Mediators say Gaza ceasefire to include end of war, release of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, and entry of aid.
Trump: Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace.
Trump: Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan.

UN aid chief decries 'egregious' breaches of Sudan humanitarian pledge

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 May 2023 21:42
4 Min Read

The UN aid chief underlines that assistance must be scaled up dramatically to respond to the spiraling situation in Sudan.

  • x
  • Sudan
    Sudanese women and children fleeing amid the conflict in Sudan (ICRC)

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths decried on Thursday multiple serious breaches of an agreement by Sudan's warring parties last week to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure and to allow the passage of badly needed aid.

Griffiths welcomed the May 12 declaration signed in the Saudi city of Jeddah by the two sides in Sudan's bloody conflict vowing to refrain from attacking humanitarians delivering desperately-needed aid.

He told AFP that "there are breaches of the declaration however, which are important and egregious, and which have happened since the signing." 

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirmed on Wednesday that its Khartoum warehouse had been raided a day earlier, while Griffiths pointed to an attack the same day on the World Food Programme (WSF) office in the Sudanese capital among "many" examples.

"We are naturally enough building up a record of such events, and we will be talking to the two parties about them as the process goes forward," he stressed.

The UN aid chief underlined that assistance must be scaled up dramatically to respond to the spiraling situation in Sudan since the conflict erupted on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

#Sudan is plunged into complete chaos one day after clashes broke out between the #Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). pic.twitter.com/C4zxUOWKEJ

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) April 16, 2023

WFP lost nearly $56 million

Only one month in, around 1,000 people have been killed, mainly in and around Khartoum, as well as in the long-troubled western region of Darfur.

The UN highlighted on Wednesday that half of Sudan's population needs humanitarian aid and that more than $3 billion will be needed this year alone to provide urgent assistance inside the country and to those fleeing across its borders.

Griffiths considered that this was "a very modest appeal" given the enormous needs, urging donors to step up.

Hopes for a ceasefire remain dim after multiple truces were violated in the past weeks. While discussions in Jeddah to reach a ceasefire are underway, Griffiths explained that the negotiations around the declaration signed last were separate.

Related News

UN aid chief decries looming famine in Sudan, Gaza

'Israel' used captives to kill, starve Palestinians: UN expert

They were focused on ensuring that aid could flow even if the fighting continues and to help bring an end to the attacks and looting that depleted food stocks and put most health facilities in Khartoum out of service.

The WFP told AFP on Thursday that since the start of the conflict, it had lost nearly $56 million due to looted food, stolen cash and fuel, and damaged or stolen vehicles and office equipment. 

"That's an enormous and shocking figure, a disgraceful figure," Griffiths expressed.

Read more: 200,000 Sudanese have sought refuge in neighboring countries

Khartoum 'one of the most dangerous places in the world'

The UN aid chief acknowledged that it could take time for the May 12 declaration to filter down to people on the ground, adding that important work is being done at the local level to ensure aid can get through.

"Getting dependable local agreements of safety and security for humanitarian safe passage, for supplies and people" have for instance enabled UNICEF to begin moving supplies in an area south of Khartoum, he said.

Griffiths admitted that Khartoum remains "one of the most dangerous places in the world" for humanitarians to work.

In Darfur, he warned of the "dangerous and added ethnic element, which by the way is now facing the whole country."

According to medics, violence in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, has killed hundreds and caused the health system to "collapse".

Griffiths noted that Darfur "was a place of dire need and extraordinary insecurity and great fragility" even before the latest crisis, adding that the renewed conflict was "just inconceivably dreadful for its people."

He confirmed that efforts were underway to organize aid deliveries across the border from Chad into Darfur, hoping that airlifts could be organized "maybe out of Nairobi" into Darfur and Khartoum.

At the same time, Griffiths lamented that due to continued bureaucratic hurdles, "we're still having difficulty moving supplies that are coming into Port Sudan" further into the country.

According to the UN aid chief, this situation could be fixed, and "it should be done urgently."

Read more: Pressure by 'all possible means' needed to halt Sudan fighting: UN

  • Martin Griffiths
  • United Nations
  • Sudan clashes
  • Sudan
  • sudan crisis
  • Khartoum

Most Read

Tucker Carlson speaks at a memorial for Charlie Kirk, Sunday, September 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (AP)

Tucker Carlson: Israeli officers gave orders on Iran inside Pentagon

  • Politics
  • 2 Oct 2025
A Hamas fighter in combat fatigues stands before the ceremony for the handover of Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, February 22, 2025 (AP)

Hamas responds to Trump plan, backs Gaza withdrawal, exchange

  • Politics
  • 3 Oct 2025
Mossad’s secret role in Aldo Moro’s 1978 murder revealed

Mossad’s secret role in Aldo Moro’s 1978 murder exposed

  • Politics
  • 5 Oct 2025
The Palestinian resistance and the people of Gaza showed that after combating Israeli aggression for two years, they remain victorious in the face of oppression (Mahdi Rteil/Al Mayadeen English)

Al-Aqsa Flood two years on, a tale of victory

  • Politics
  • 6 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
An Israeli armored vehicle moves on a street of a local market during a military raid in the West Bank refugee camp of Balata, Wednesday, October 8, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Israeli settlers kill Palestinian youth near Ramallah amid raids

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during the Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Iran interested in resuming nuclear talks: Lavrov

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a news conference at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, April 25, 2025 (AP)
Politics

IMF head flags US budget, Europe Defense spending challenges

Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at UN headquarters (AP)
Politics

Meloni faces ICC complaint over Gaza genocide complicity with Israelis

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS