A harrowing wave of displacement continues to sweep across Sudan as pregnant women flee the intensifying conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army. Among them is Nadra Mohamed Ahmed, who was seven months pregnant when she trekked nearly 40 kilometers across dangerous terrain with her two young children, escaping the violence engulfing her hometown of el-Fasher in West Darfur. By the time she arrived at the overcrowded displacement camp in al-Dabbah, northern Sudan, she had lost significant blood and required intensive care and a transfusion to survive.
Jocomms Correspondent reports that Ahmed’s ordeal reflects a wider humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan’s displacement camps, where more than 140 pregnant women have arrived since el-Fasher fell to the RSF last month. According to Tasneem Al-Amin of the Sudan Doctors Network, many arrive with severe complications—particularly life-threatening hemorrhaging—often after days or weeks of travel without food, water, or medical support. For Ahmed, the journey stretched across 14 agonizing days, made worse by the disappearance of her husband shortly before she fled. Carrying her four-year-old daughter on her back and leading her six-year-old son by hand, she traversed villages and barren stretches until she found transportation for the remaining 1,300 kilometers to safety.
Aid workers say the camps are overwhelmed, with limited medical supplies and rising cases of miscarriage among the displaced. As Sudan’s conflict enters its third year with no clear path to peace, the suffering of vulnerable women like Ahmed raises urgent questions about the world’s response to the crisis. How much longer can these families endure before meaningful protection and relief finally reach them? Visit www.jocomms.com for more news.
