Khartoum - New York: Europe and the Arabs

The United Nations expressed deep concern about the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan, including power stations and fuel depots. Port Sudan, the main entry point for aid supplies and workers, has been subjected to these attacks for the ninth consecutive day. According to the UN daily news bulletin, a copy of which we received this morning, Tuesday.
During the daily press briefing in New York, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that the organization's facilities and buildings and those of its partners were not directly targeted, but he stressed that the repeated drone attacks "are severely damaging civilians and the basic services on which these people rely, including access to water and electricity."

In addition to the attacks on Port Sudan, reports were received on Saturday and Sunday in the areas of Kosti, Kenana, Tendalti, and Rabak in White Nile State, and Umm Ruwaba in North Kordofan State. According to local sources, the strikes hit fuel storage depots vital to maintaining essential services and humanitarian operations to support civilians in need. "The damage to civilian infrastructure has sparked panic and displacement," said Mr. Dujarric. "Last week, the International Organization for Migration reported that 600 people were displaced within Port Sudan alone following the attacks."
Meanwhile, UN Humanitarian Air Service flights to and from Port Sudan resumed on May 8, facilitating the humanitarian response, according to the UN spokesperson.
Gloomy situation in Darfur
The spokesperson emphasized that the picture in North Darfur is "very bleak," with Clementine Nkwita-Salami, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, warning that the situation in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps is "catastrophic," with civilians still trapped there. He told reporters: "Both locations remain completely cut off from outside aid. As you know, there are places where famine has been declared. Ms. Nkweta Salami urgently calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian pauses to enable the delivery of life-saving assistance."
The United Nations and its partners continue to scale up their response with the means at their disposal as more displaced people arrive after hundreds of thousands fled attacks on Zamzam camp last month.
The World Food Programme and its partners distributed food parcels last week to more than 335,000 people in Tawila town, including 67,000 who also received emergency food supplies to address their malnutrition.