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People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘direand deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city

More traumatised civilians are arriving every day at ‘shockingly overcrowded’ El Obeid and camps on its outskirts

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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg30 Aug 2026, 06:00 amUpdated 2d ago1 min readWorldWorld

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People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘dire and deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city

More traumatised civilians are arriving every day at ‘shockingly overcrowded’ El Obeid and camps on its outskirts

Humanitarian conditions in the Sudanese city of El Obeid and two camps on its outskirts are dire and deteriorating, according to people on the ground, as civilians displaced by fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia continue to pour in from the surrounding countryside.

The UN says more than 15,000 families have arrived since mid-July, joining more than 200,000 people who arrived in the first half of the year, according to government figures cited by Save the Children.

Humanitarian conditions in the Sudanese city of El Obeid and two camps on its outskirts are dire and deteriorating, according to people on the ground, as civilians displaced by fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia continue to pour in from the surrounding countryside.

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Source: The Guardian · Rachel Savage in Johannesburg. Published 30 Aug 2026, 06:00 am.

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