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World News in Brief: Guterres convenes Cyprus summit, violence continues in southern Lebanon, UN aid hub in Chad expands

·March 6, 2025·3 min read

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular daily briefing in New York that the leaders of both the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities would join UN chief António Guterres along with guarantors Greece, Türkiye and the United Kingdom, at the UN in Geneva. The Mediterranean island was...

Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk

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·November 27, 2023·1 min read

The warning comes as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of displacement sparked by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region of Sudan, with reports of mass killings, rapes and widespread destruction. The crisis is occurring amid the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid...

Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCR

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·June 1, 2023·2 min read

The number fleeing violence in Sudan since fighting between rival militaries began in mid-April in Khartoum, quickly destabilizing the entire country, has now topped 100,000. The majority of arrivals in eastern Chad – particularly Ouaddaï, Sila, and Wadi Fira provinces – are from the Darfur region, which has been deeply...

Chad: Aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger

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·April 15, 2023·2 min read

Speaking from Ndjamena, Pierre Honnorat, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad, said that as the country moves into the lean season in-between harvests, food assistance could grind to a complete halt. “Chad is surrounded by countries with crises and hosting some 600,000 refugees from Sudan, Niger,...