People fleeing al-Fashir in Sudan are in a 'disturbing' condition, aid group says


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  • Friday, 07 Nov 2025

FILE PHOTO: An injured displaced Sudanese woman who fled violence in al-Fashir receives treatment while carrying her child at a makeshift clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Jamal/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Some children fleeing the Sudanese city of al-Fashir are arriving at a humanitarian camp in north Darfur so severely malnourished that treatment may not be able to save them, an international organisation operating there said on Thursday.

"People arrive so dehydrated they cannot talk," said Mathilde Vu from the Norwegian Refugee Council, describing the harsh journey through desert-like conditions from al-Fashir, Darfur's largest city, to Tawila.

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