KHARTOUM: As waves of traumatized refugees flee intensifying violence in Sudan’s North Darfur, those reaching safety in eastern Chad are finding almost no international humanitarian assistance waiting for them.
With funding for the crisis plummeting, newly arrived families depend almost entirely on meager donations from earlier refugees and the strained generosity of local Chadian communities.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has received only 38 percent of the $246 million it says it needs to respond to the Sudanese refugee emergency in Chad this year.
The funding crisis has forced painful tradeoffs. The World Food Programme resumed limited distributions on Saturday, but only for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children under two.
Most general food aid has been redirected to established camps farther inland, a deliberate policy to encourage refugees to leave the volatile border zone.
“There are no tents, no durable shelters — just plastic sheeting to block the sun,” said Magatte Guisse, UNHCR’s representative in Chad.
Relocations to better-equipped inland camps have slowed dramatically because there is not enough money to drill boreholes, build latrines, or provide adequate shelter there either.
Limited aid hits Sudan relief efforts
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Limited aid hits Sudan relief efforts
US envoy Waltz begins regional trip to promote Trump Gaza peace plan
- High-level talks in Jordan, Israel part of Washington’s push to advance regional stability, US mission says
- Envoy will also meet humanitarian groups and review efforts to support Syrian refugees
NEW YORK: US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz begins a trip to Jordan and Israel on Saturday to promote President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, the US Mission to the UN said, casting the visit as part of Washington’s push to advance regional stability and support the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2803.
Waltz will travel from Dec. 6–10 and is expected to meet senior leaders in both countries. In Jordan, he will hold talks with King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on bilateral cooperation and Amman’s role in facilitating humanitarian aid to Gaza.
He will also meet humanitarian groups and review efforts to support Syrian refugees, the mission said.
In Israel, Waltz is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog to discuss US-Israel coordination at the UN and shared security priorities. He will tour Israel’s northern and southern borders for briefings on the implementation of Resolution 2803, visit the Kerem Shalom crossing to assess aid flows into Gaza, and review operations of the Coordination and Monitoring Mechanism for Gaza.
Waltz will also meet Acting UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov to discuss humanitarian work and efforts to advance peace.
The mission said the trip reflects Trump’s commitment to ending regional conflicts and securing a “peaceful and prosperous future” for the Middle East.
