To Maintain the Flow of Humanitarian Aid, Sudan Maintains a Major Aid Crossing From Chad Open
Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council stated in a statement that the Adre crossing decision was made after a meeting with local and international assistance organizations as well as United Nations agencies. At the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters, “We very much welcome the Sudanese authorities’ decision to extend the opening of the Adre crossing from Chad.”
According to him, the government’s declaration that the Adre crossing will be open for an additional three months will allow the United Nations and its allies to carry on providing much needed aid. In response to the dire humanitarian situation in Darfur, the Sovereign Council reopened the border crossing in August for a three-month period after it had been shuttered earlier this year. There is proof of famine at the Zamzam refugee camp.
“We and our partners have now moved more than 337 trucks of humanitarian aid through this route, with more than 11,000 metric tons of food and other relief items that could cover the needs of close to 1.4 million people since the crossing was opened in mid-August,” Dujarric stated.
According to the U.N. official, some of the help is still being given out in Darfur, and another 30,000 metric tons of goods are either in eastern Chad or on their way. When long-simmering tensions between Sudan’s military and paramilitary commanders erupted in the capital, Khartoum, in mid-April 2023, they expanded to other areas, particularly Darfur, which had been plagued by crimes and carnage in 2003. This marked the beginning of Sudan’s conflict.
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