SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: International Crisis Group - Halting the Catastrophic Battle for Sudan’s El Fasher

24/6/2024: International Crisis Group - Halting the Catastrophic Battle for Sudan’s El Fasher

The International Crisis Group proposed solutions for alleviating the crisis in Al-Fashir, including the insistence that the warring parties establish evacuation corridors. The ICG note that political obstacles and logistical and security risks hinder the deployment of an external security forces, but suggest that one possibility could be a safe passage into neutral areas of nearby Central Darfur controlled by Abdel Wahid al-Nur, an ethnic Fur who leads Darfur’s largest rebel group.

ICG add that, despite Sudanese authorities giving the UN permission to use a remote North Darfur route for aid delivery, aid officials say this route is costly and impractical for the large-scale operation that would be required to stave off mass starvation, and it may also become impassable during the imminent rainy season.