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• Fighting intensified since the expiry of ceasefire, with Khartoum and Darfur most heavily affected. One of WFP’s largest warehouses in the region, its El Obeid hub in North Kordofan, housing nearly a third of supplies in-country, has been completely looted, bringing the total losses since the beginning of the conflict to over 76 million
• WFP Sudan remains particularly challenged by access constraints, and looks to identify means to reach most disadvantaged in Darfur, through in-land and cross-border transportation
• Nearly 20,000 has been reached in Khartoum, with plans underway to reach those displaced from Khartoum into Shendi and Matama, River Nile
• WFP Sudan is engaging local suppliers of wheat, local millers and smallholder farmers to enhance and expedite delivery of cere-als to those most in-need
• Following a week of closure, the UN Humanitarian Air Services has resumed its services via the Port Sudan-Nairobi airbridge, with three flights this week, already having transported nearly 100 passengers
SITUATION UPDATE
On 1 June, the United States issued four sanctions against the Re-public of Sudan, two against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and remainder against Rapid Support Forces (RSF). While these sanc-tions represent only initial punitive actions, designed to disrupt sig-nificant financial streams to both warring factions, these may also result in more rigorous measures against Sudan and threaten flow of much needed assistance into Sudan.
After the extended ceasefire agreement expired on 3 June and negotiations broke down in Jeddah, fighting between SAF and RSF re-portedly intensified in Khartoum, particularly in Jebel Awlia and Mayo, as well as in Darfur. RSF remains in control of the Giad Indus-trial Area in Khartoum, El Masudiya, and along Al Noba village along the Khartoum-Madani Road in Gezira. Meanwhile, SAF has deployed additional troops from Wad Madani, Gezira and Sennar, River Nile to Khartoum. Civilians are reportedly being prevented from enter-ing Khartoum. Attacks were reported on Kutum village and Kassab IDP Camp in North Darfur, approximately 120km northwest of El Fasher. While unconfirmed reports indicate that at least 50 IDPs were killed in the attack, the increased criminal activities exploiting the vacuum of law enforcement present significant challenges to access.
On 30 May, the World Food Programme (WFP) Sudan Country Office’s warehouse in El Obeid, one of Africa’s largest logistics hubs of its kind, was attacked and occupied by armed perpetrators and local residents. The food reserves at the time of the looting are esti-mated at almost 22,000MTs, amounting to nearly one-third of WFP's total food supply in-country. Other items were also presumably looted, including cooking utensils, airtight hermetic storage bags, and solar panels as well as vehicles (26), forklifts, generators, pre-fabs, and vehicle spare parts. El Obeid remains tense since, with a high likelihood of further clashes due to the siege of the city from various directions. With another nearly 45MTs of sorghum seized in Khartoum and the looting of WFP premises in Kutum, North Dar-fur— these recent losses are estimated be at least USD 16.5 million, bringing the overall losses to over USD 76 million since the con-flict first erupted.
