HART’s in-country partner, Benjamin Barnaba, raised the alarm at the beginning of July with credible reports of aerial bombardment in Sudan. He told us that the Sudan Armed Forces launched strikes over the Two Areas – Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile – as part of their plan to “destroy the indigenous people of the land.”
However, aerial bombardment is not the only trial facing the Two Areas. Having received an estimated 29,000 people fleeing conflict in Darfur and Khartoum, humanitarian agencies are “overwhelmed” by the needs of displaced communities. Local people fear that an escalation in violence is “imminent.” However, Benjamin and his team at the New Sudan Council of Churches (NSCC) are not overwhelmed. They have reinforced their humanitarian operations in response to complex needs, providing life-saving assistance, and hope, to thousands.