Urgence au Soudan : Nous avons besoin de plus d'aide pour atteindre les régions à risque de famine, déclare le PAM
Le risque très réel de famine continue de menacer les communautés soudanaises déracinées par la guerre, ont déclaré mardi les équipes d'aide de l'ONU, dans un appel à un financement accru pour soutenir les besoins immédiats et renforcer la reprise à long terme dans ce pays dévasté par la guerre.
« Au cours des six derniers mois, le PAM a intensifié son assistance et nous atteignons désormais près d'un million de Soudanais à Khartoum avec un soutien alimentaire et nutritionnel », a déclaré Laurent Bukera, Directeur Pays du PAM au Soudan. « Cet élan doit se poursuivre ; plusieurs zones dans le sud sont à risque de famine. »
Dans une mise à jour depuis Port-Soudan, M. Bukera a rapporté qu'une mission du PAM à Khartoum avait trouvé de nombreux quartiers abandonnés, gravement endommagés et semblables à une « ville fantôme ». La pression sur les ressources déjà surchargées ne fera que s'intensifier, a-t-il insisté.
Et alors que le conflit fait toujours rage entre les Forces armées soudanaises et les Forces de soutien rapide paramilitaires, déclenché par une rupture dans la transition vers un régime civil en 2023, le travailleur humanitaire chevronné a également expliqué que les communautés en première ligne étaient à un « point de rupture » et incapables de soutenir les familles déplacées plus longtemps.
Plus de deux ans de combats ont détruit les infrastructures et laissé les communautés sans services de base, tels que l'eau potable.
Cela – et des semaines de fortes pluies – ont contribué à une épidémie de choléra mortelle et à des rapports de cadavres pourrissant dans le Nil à Omdurman, l'une des trois villes de la capitale. Dans une mise à jour la semaine dernière, le bureau de coordination de l'aide de l'ONU, OCHA, a indiqué que les déplacements liés à la guerre et la propagation du choléra ont continué d'accroître les besoins à travers le Soudan.
« Nous sommes profondément préoccupés et répondre aux besoins de base, en particulier alimentaires, sera crucial et urgent », a déclaré M. Bukera du PAM. « Une action urgente est nécessaire pour rétablir les services de base et accélérer la reprise par des efforts coordonnés avec les autorités locales, les ONG nationales, les agences de l'ONU et les partenaires humanitaires. »
Ce travail vital a été empêché par un manque de soutien international, forçant le PAM à réduire la quantité et la gamme des secours qu'il peut distribuer.
« Les pénuries de financement perturbent déjà une partie de l'assistance que nous fournissons à Khartoum, dans les États du Nil Bleu, d'Al Jazeera et de Sennar », a poursuivi le haut responsable du PAM. « Nos rations et l'huile et les légumineuses dans le panier alimentaire ont dû être retirées en raison du manque de ressources. »
À Khartoum, les suppléments nutritionnels vitaux pour les jeunes enfants et les mères enceintes et allaitantes sont déjà « hors de portée » en raison d'un manque de ressources, a-t-il déclaré.
Malgré les nombreux défis, l'agence de l'ONU atteint désormais quatre millions de personnes par mois à travers le Soudan. C'est près de quatre fois plus qu'au début de 2024 alors que l'accès s'est élargi, y compris dans des zones auparavant inaccessibles comme Khartoum.
Les communautés sont également soutenues à plus long terme via une assistance en espèces pour soutenir les marchés locaux et un soutien aux boulangeries et petites entreprises prévoyant de rouvrir.
« Nous avons rapidement intensifié notre opération pour répondre aux besoins croissants », a déclaré M. Bukera. « Nous visons à atteindre sept personnes sur une base mensuelle, en priorisant celles faisant face à la famine ou d'autres zones à risque extrême », telles que le Darfour, le Kordofan et Al Jazeera.
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HISTOIRE : Mise à jour humanitaire au Soudan – PAM
DURÉE : 1’48”
SOURCE : UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS : AUCUNE
LANGUE : ANGLAIS / SONS NATURELS
FORMAT : 16:9
DATE : 10 juin 2025 GENÈVE, SUISSE
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