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MSF halts operations in camp in Sudan’s Darfur region as violence rages

This file photo shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024 [MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via Reuters]

Doctors Without Borders has said it is suspending its work in a famine-stricken camp for displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur region, as an increase in violent attacks has made it too dangerous to operate.

In a statement on Monday, the medical charity – known by its French-language acronym MSF – said fighting in and around Zamzam camp near the town of el-Fasher had made it “impossible … to continue providing medical assistance”.

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