Sudan: Trump’s aid freeze hits services for malnourished children as war decimates health

Doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to provide healthcare in Sudan, including for sick and malnourished children, as violence escalates and supplies of food and surgical equipment dwindle, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said.

Speaking at a press briefing on 20 February, MSF secretary general Christopher Lockyear, who has just returned from three months in Sudan, said, “Violence is ruining lives and making it even harder for people to access healthcare.” The civil war in Sudan between two government military factions—the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)—began in April 2023.1

He recounted the scenes in Al Naw Hospital’s emergency department earlier this month, after Sabrein market in Omdurman was shelled by RSF. “There were injured people lying in every possible space in the emergency room. Medics did what they could. There were dozens and dozens of people …