The catastrophic consequences of the rains on the civil war in Sudan

The rainy season has intensified, worsening the terrible humanitarian crisis caused by the outbreak of the civil war in Sudan.

The incessant rains give no respite to the population of Sudan, already on their knees after almost sixteen months of bloodshed civil war.The latest rains have caused deaths and injuries in the north-east of the country, severely compromising crops and forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.The devastating effects of the rainy season - to which international organizations have long called for attention - are salt on the wound of the ongoing civil war between the national army and the paramilitary forces, which has brought the country to the brink of the abyss.

The rains and the war in the exhausted Sudan

Seventeen victims have been counted so far by the Sudanese authorities Abou Hamad, a small village located in Nile state, 400 kilometers northeast of Khartoum.According to what was reported by the organizations active on the spot to provide relief, the incessant rains caused the collapse of thousands of houses, leaving the few buildings still accessible without electricity.

According to what was reported by the Minister of Infrastructure, Samir Saad, land houses collapsed due to floods would be around 11,500.According to data released by the United Nations, over 21,000 people have been displaced since June, most of whom reside in areas heavily affected by the fighting.

Over the weekend, a similar situation occurred in the state of Kassala, in the eastern part of the country.Over ten thousand people, victims of the civil war, had flocked to the city of the same name, crowding packed buildings in the absence of health and food safety measures.The arrival of the rains flooded most of the buildings, further worsening the situation.

The first year of a war that is talked about too little

The rains hit the fighting that began in April 2023, which pitted the Sudanese army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group led by his former deputy, General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo.Following the fighting, around 765,000 people took refuge in the state of Gadaref - in the south-east - while in Kassala there were more than 255,000 according to the United Nations.After the recent clashes in the state of Sennar, over 165,000 people were displaced, many of whom moved on foot in the rain in search of a safe place.

According to thelatest report published a week ago by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, one year after the outbreak of the conflict, would be over 25 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and support, while almost 800,000 thousand are close to famine.Among these, the UN estimates over 14 million children.Overall, 10.7 million people - more than 16 percent of the total population - fled their homes at the start of the conflict in search of refuge in nearby cities or countries.A massacre to which the torrential rains expected until September do not seem to give respite.