Insecurity Insight Sudan Update 7/18/2023

 

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Attacks on Health Care in Sudan 28 June-11 July 2023 2022 SHCC Sudan Factsheet The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 53 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Sudan in 2022. In these incidents, 11 health workers were killed and 22 others injured, and hospitals were raided or forcibly entered at least 22 times, impacting health care providers’ ability to maintain safe staffing levels and patient care. This factsheet is based on the dataset 2022 SHCC Health Care Sudan Data, which is available for download on HDX. Read the full factsheet available in Arabic and English. Sudan’s Doctors Falsely Accused of Siding with the RSF This brief discusses widely viewed social media posts shared in Sudan between 15 April and 21 May 2023 which show that dominant social media account holders supporting the SAF attacked the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate for its neutral position in the armed conflict and accused the organisation of being partial towards the RSF and collaborating with the so-called “Janjaweed” militia. In some instances, social media users also threatened the syndicate with violent reprisals for its perceived support for the RSF. Incident reports: 14-27 June; 17 May-13 June; 27 April-16 May; 19-26 April; 15-19 April; All. Help support our work by sharing this resource. Please copy and paste this link: bit.ly/28Jun-11Jul2023SDNHealth Join our Sudan mailing list for regular updates. Visit our website. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. If you have additional information on an incident documented here, or a new incident, please do not hesitate to get in touch Documented incidents 27 June 2023: In Zalingei town, Central Darfur state, RSF soldiers attacked government buildings, including the Ministry of Health, and the Zalingei Hospital. Source: Radio Dabanga   30 June 2023: In Drushab suburb, Khartoum North city, Khartoum state, a laboratory specialist was killed  and patients beaten in an attack on the Shaheed Hospital by the RSF soldiers. The hospital laboratory was also burned down and four doctors and a pharmacist were also reportedly killed. Source: Dubai Eye, News Breezer, Personal Communication I, Personal Communication II and Sudan Tribune   As reported on 02 July 2023: In Zalingei town, Central Darfur state, RSF soldiers raided and looted the Zalingei Teaching Hospital. Source: Personal Communication I   As reported on 03 July 2023: In Omdurman city, Khartoum state, RSF besieged the Aliaa Military Hospital, where former president Omar Al-Bashir and his three aides are being treated. Sources: Alarabiya, Middle East Eye and The New Arab   As reported on 03 July 2023: In Khartoum state, RSF soldiers killed a second year student of the Faculty of Medical Laboratories, Al Hayat University. Source: Personal Communication I   04 July 2023: In Omdurman city, Khartoum state, a Health Ministry employee was killed when he was hit by a bullet whilst inside the MSF-supported Saudi Maternity Hospital. The hospital was subsequently closed, with staff looking for a safer place to resume services. Source: MSF Sudan   07 July 2023: In Bara town and district, North Kordofan state, an unspecified number of health facilities were destroyed and 35 vehicles were looted from a market by the RSF. Source: ACLED1   08 July 2023: In South Darfur state, the Reproductive Health Department was looted. Source: Sudan Social Development Organization   08 July 2023: In Nyala city, South Darfur state, the Nyala Teaching Hospital resumed services to provide medical services to residents following two weeks of suspension. Source: Darfur 24 Insecurity Insight. 2023. 28 June-11 July 2023 Violence against or obstruction of health care in Sudan. Switzerland: Insecurity Insight. bit.ly/28Jun-11Jul2023SDNHealth 1 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) database attribution policy.  Accessed 13 July 2023.

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© Insecurity Insight, 2023. This document comprises threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. It is part of the Attacks on Health Care project by Insecurity Insight. It is prepared from information available in local, national and international news outlets and online databases. The incidents reported are not a complete nor a representative list of all events that affected the provision of health care and have not been independently verified. All decisions made, on the basis of, or with consideration to, such information remains the responsibility of their respective organisations. As a not for profit association, Insecurity Insight regards the lawful and fair treatment of personal information as very important to successful operations, and to maintaining confidence between our team and all those who access our services. For more on how we are complying with the EU’s new General Data Protection (GDPR) Regulation 2018, please see our Data Protection Statement.

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Past editions: 14-27 June; 31 May-13 June; 17-30 May; 03-16 May; 19 April-02 May; 05-18 April; All. Help support our work by sharing this resource. Copy and paste this link: bit.ly/28Jun-11Jul2023AidBMNB Visit our website, join our mailing list. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. Please get in touch if you are interested in curated datasets, if you have made a public statement that you would like us to include in our Bi Monthly News Brief, to report an incident or if you have additional information on an incident we have reported on. Safety, security and access incidents Incidents of threats and violence affecting aid workers and aid delivery. Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 30 June 2023: In Beni city, North Kivu province, an NGO aid worker was reportedly killed by unidentified armed men. Source: ACLED1   Ethiopia 08 June 2023: A widespread and coordinated campaign to divert donated wheat intended to those in need has forced USAID to suspend food aid to all of Ethiopia. On 09 June, WFP announced that it would be doing the same, affecting 20 million people in need. Sources: ABC, Al Jazeera I, Al Jazeera II, Fox and Doctors Without Borders   Mali 05 July 2023: In Bintagoungou village, Goundam commune, Tombouctou region, an NGO consultant was reportedly kidnapped by JNIM militants along with a vehicle. Source: ACLED1   06 July 2023; In Niafunke town and cercle, Niafunke, Tombouctou region, an unspecified number of NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped by JNIM militants along with two vehicles. Source: ACLED1   South Sudan 02 July 2023: In Yambio county, Western Equatoria state, a national UN aid worker was reportedly injured in a robbery at her home by criminals who robbed money. Source: AWSD2   Sudan Conflict Developments and Implications for Aid Agencies The Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan had a limited focus on humanitarian issues, while subsequent ceasefires had practically no effect on the fighting. This report provides insight on the conflicts developments and their implications for aid agencies. 07 June 2023: In El Genina city, West Darfur state, a Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) IDP camp manager was killed by armed men while off duty. Source: NRC and UN OCHA Sudan   04 July 2023: In Omdurman city, Khartoum state, a Health Ministry was killed when he was hit by a bullet whilst inside the MSF-supported Saudi Maternity Hospital. The hospital was subsequently closed, with staff looking for a safer place to resume services. Source: MSF Sudan   07 July 2023: In El Geneina city, West Darfur, a Red Crescent vehicle was reportedly seized by an armed militia and used to move dead bodies. Source: ACLED1   As reported on 11 July 2023: In El Obeid city, North Kordofan state, RSF soldiers attacked a humanitarian convoy loaded with more than 1,770 cartons, and seized about 70 percent of the load, which were subsequently being sold in markets. Source: Radio Dabanga Europe Ukraine 29 June 2023: In Kherson city and oblast, a humanitarian aid distribution point was reportedly shelled by Russian forces, killing two civilians and wounding two others. Source: ACLED1   30 June 2023: Near Makiivka city, Luhansk region, a Ukrainian volunteer aid worker was reportedly injured when Russian forces shelled near the vehicle she was in. Source: ACLED1   05 July 2023: In Sadove village, Kherson oblast,  a humanitarian aid distribution point was reportedly shelled by Russian forces, injuring a civilian. Source: ACLED1   09 July 2023; In Orikhu city, Polohy raion, Zaporizhzhia oblast, a humanitarian distribution point was hit by Russian forces bombing. Several civilians were killed and injured and a drinking water point installed and maintained by a UN Ukraine Humanitarian Fund partner was destroyed. Sources: European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Personal Communication, UN Ukraine I and UN Ukraine II   11 July 2023: In Kherson oblast, a humanitarian distribution point was attacked. Source: UN Ukraine   12 July 2023: In Kharkiv oblast, aid workers from the LNGO Mission Proliska in a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle came under fire while delivering aid to families. Source: UN Ukraine Managing Security Incidents Mobile Guide Explains why incident management is an important part of any aid agency's internal security risk management strategy and how to do it.  Is designed for local partner organisations who want to improve their security risk practices as part of their due diligence capacity building and available in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian  - in addition to Arabic, English and French. Is a short introduction to more material available on our English, French, Spanish and Arabic roadmap. Read the content of the mobile guide here.  Reporting Security Incidents Mobile Guide Explains to employees and consultants why it is important to report security incidents to security risk managers and how such reporting is best done.  Is designed for local and field staff and available in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian - in addition to Arabic, English and French. Can be used as a tool in staff training to support a constructive and trusted security risk management atmosphere between security risk managers and staff.  Comes with a documentation confirming completion of the 10 minutes course. Read the content here.  Middle East North Africa Libya 07 July 2023: Off the coast of Castelverde town, Tripoli district, Tripolitania region, a Libyan Coastguard patrol vessel approached with high speed a rescue operation by the NGO vessel Ocean Viking, operated by SOS Mediterranee and the IFRC, and fired multiple shots at close range, causing injuries to passengers onboard. Sources: Euractiv and IFRC   Occupied Palestinian Territories 03-04 July 2023: In the Jenin Refugee Camp, Jenin city and governorate, West Bank, Israeli forces confiscated the keys of two ambulances belonging to the PRCS, and seized the mobile phones of staff responding to an emergency call. Sources: MAP and Mondoweiss   03-04 July 2023: In the Jenin Refugee Camp, Jenin city and governorate, West Bank, Israeli forces obstructed a PRCS ambulance carrying a pregnant woman in labour on its way to hospital. Source: MAP   03 July 2023: In the Jenin Refugee Camp, Jenin city and governorate, West Bank, all UNRWA installations, including one health centre and four schools, were unable to operate due to violence and insecurity in the camp. Some sustained damages. Sources: Personal Communication and UNRWA   04 July 2023: In the Jenin Refugee Camp, Jenin city and governorate, West Bank, Israeli forces fired teargas several times inside the Khalil Suleiman Hospital, rendering the Emergency Room unusable due to smoke. Sources: MSF International I and MSF International II 171 Attacks on Health Care in 2022 This factsheet - available in Arabic and English - published by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 171 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in the oPt in 2022. The factsheet is based on the dataset 2022 SHCC Health Care oPt Data, which is available for download on HDX. Syrian Arab Republic 11 July 2023: In Atrib town, Aleppo governorate, a Syrian LNGO volunteer was killed in a double-tap airstrike by Syrian regime forces that reportedly targeted the rescue’s team's vehicle with a guided missile. He was killed while conducting inspections in areas that had been targeted by artillery shelling from Syrian regime forces  Sources: Syrian Civil Defence I and Syrian Civil Defence II Earthquake-affected Populations Weary of Corruption and Favouritism in Aid Distribution This social media monitoring brief presents the findings of a review of the main social media trends related to aid distribution in Syria from 1 April to 30 May 2023.  The Americas Haiti 06 July 2023: In Tabarre neighbourhood, Port-au-Prince, around 20 armed men entered the MSF hospital, forcibly removing a patient being treated for gunshot wounds from the operating room. Sources: Doctors Without Borders and OCHA Insecurity Insight. 2023. Aid in Danger Bi-Monthly News Brief, 28 June-11 July 2023. Geneva: Insecurity Insight. bit.ly/28Jun-11Jul2023AidBMNB 1 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) database attribution policy. Accessed 13 July 2023 2 The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) does not include the names of individual victims or the agencies affected by an incident. This is done in consideration of the victims and their families who may not wish to have the names published in this format and to afford equal respect to the many victims for whom this information is not available. Accessed 13 July 2023 This Bi-Monthly News Brief comprises threats and incidents of violence affecting the delivery of humanitarian assistance. It is part of the Aid in Danger project, by Insecurity Insight. It is prepared from information available in local, national and international news outlets and online databases. The incidents reported are not a complete nor a representative list of all events that affected the provision of aid delivery and have not been independently verified. All decisions made, on the basis of, or with consideration to, such information remains the responsibility of their respective organisations. Insecurity Insight continues to update data on aid workers killed, injured, kidnapped or arrested (KIKA) and figures may change. Updated data includes new and historic reports identified in open-sources and verified security incidents submitted by Aid in Danger partner agencies. You may be interested in

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