Today's top news: Central African Republic, Ukraine, Sudan

Central African Republic

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mohamed Ag Ayoya, condemned an attack on humanitarian workers, calling for the protection of civilians and health facilities in the country.

On Wednesday, a driver was killed when he and his colleagues were attacked on their way back from Am-Dafok, in the north of the country, after setting up tents for a health center. The town of Am-Dafok, bordering Sudan, is currently hosting 13,000 people, including Sudanese asylum seekers.

Since the beginning of the year, 57 incidents against humanitarian workers or assets have been recorded in CAR, while 17 health facilities have been the target of armed attacks and looting.

Ukraine

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, strongly condemned on Twitter an attack that hit a hospital this morning in Dnipro.

Our humanitarian partners are on the ground providing emergency response to the survivors.

Today’s attacks have also reportedly impacted health facilities in Donetsk city, currently under Russian military control, according to the Russian-installed authorities.

We and our humanitarian partners continue to reach more people with assistance across the country.

By the end of April, we had reached 5.4 million people, around 800,000 people more than the total number assisted by the end of March. More than 60 per cent of those reached are women and girls.

Hundreds of humanitarian organizations are involved in this effort. Local groups and community-based volunteers play a vital role in the last mile of delivering assistance.

Sudan

The UN and our partners continue to help families displaced by the fighting, as well as the communities hosting them.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has now reached more than 600,000 vulnerable people with food and nutrition aid since restarting distributions in Sudan.

In the three states in Darfur - North, South and East - WFP has reached some 180,000 people.

The agency is planning to start distributions in Central Darfur in the coming days. And as of today, WFP has resumed distributions in Blue Nile State.

And as we’ve been telling you this week, the impact of the violence on Sudan’s health sector has been devastating. Since the signing of the Jeddah declaration more than two weeks ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) has verified eight new reports of attacks on health care. Since the fighting erupted in Sudan, WHO has verified 38 such attacks.