The United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Mohamed Ayweya, urged the international community not to abandon nations facing mounting global and regional crises. Speaking at a press conference in the Geneva UN HQ on Wednesday, he emphasised this point, citing the recent influx of approximately 70,000 individuals from Sudan into Central Africa overnight, which has compounded the nation's existing humanitarian challenges.
He stressed that the Central African Republic, already grappling with poverty and the impacts of climate change, now faced an intensified crisis, with nearly 130,000 people in the region requiring immediate humanitarian assistance.had placed an additional burden on the local population, who had to take them in and"share what little food, water and services they had left in those areas".
Pointing to the role of climate change in the situation, he added:"The floods cut off the region hosting refugees from Sudan, Chad, and the rest of the country. This makes it impossible forto reach the region except by air, which is an expensive option in an economically difficult situation." The UN coordinator called on international donors to provide more funding to the people of the Central African Republic as their country continues to confront the activities of armed groups, stressing the need to provide them with"the basic services they need to live in dignity".
Hamad said that the number of people displaced from Khartoum to the Blue Nile reached 63 thousand, with an estimated 31 centres for shelter. 52,000 of the internally displaced peoples received assistance through the World Food Programme, and 36,000 received further humanitarian aid. He states that a meeting will take place on tomorrow for all UN agencies and humanitarian organisations, headed by the governor of the region, for the purpose of discussing the humanitarian situation and a number of issues, including the issue of opening schools and the development of a plan to monitor the conditions of refugees residing in South Sudan and Ethiopia.
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