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WFP resumes operations in Sudan, amid full-blown humanitarian ‘catastrophe’

·May 2, 2023·6 min read

WFP had paused its life-saving activities after three staff were killed in North Darfur on 15 April, the first day of clashes between the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid Security Forces (RSF). Safety first Ms. McCain said food distribution is expected to begin in four states – Gedaref, Gezira,...

Sudan: UN ‘relief chief’ heads to the region as humanitarian crisis nears ‘breaking point’

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·May 1, 2023·3 min read

“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the broader region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement. The UN again urged the warring sides to protect civilians...

Sudan: UN aid operation continues amid dire humanitarian conditions

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·April 26, 2023·5 min read

Ten days of fighting between rival military forces have had a devastating impact on the country’s population. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) warned that people are lacking food, water, medicines and fuel, power is limited, and the prices of essential items as well as transport have skyrocketed. OCHA spokesperson...

UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan, as death toll mounts

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·April 21, 2023·3 min read

“I am horrified by the toll the clashes are having on civilians”, said Abdou Dieng. “At least 331 people have been killed nationwide, including five aid workers, and nearly 3,200 have been injured.” The fighting between troops from the national army and a powerful rival militia known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan

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·April 7, 2023·3 min read

Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe underfunding, the move would “further undermine humanitarian partners’ ability to support the population, especially the most vulnerable such as women and girls”. “The world cannot abandon the people of Afghanistan at this precarious moment,” Dr. Alakbarov insisted, before...

Afghanistan still a grave humanitarian crisis, senior aid official says

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·March 1, 2023·2 min read

Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, updated journalists in New York on developments in a country where 28 million people now depend on aid to survive. Immense humanitarian needs “Afghanistan remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 2023, notwithstanding, of course, the recent devastating earthquakes...

Rising humanitarian needs require political will, increased funding: UN relief chief

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·February 21, 2023·1 min read

The world is facing the largest food crisis in modern history and famine is looming, while human rights – especially women’s rights – are under attack and tensions are high in places where injustice is rife, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said in remarks to the Riyadh Humanitarian Forum...

Two-thirds of Yemenis need humanitarian support and protection

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·January 26, 2023·3 min read

The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is calling for $4.3 billion to reach the 17.3 million most vulnerable people in need, whose lives have been turned upside down because of protracted war, displacement and economic collapse, compounded by recurrent natural disasters. Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when Houthi rebels...

Ukraine: ‘Humanitarian and human rights catastrophe’ continues, Security Council hears

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·January 15, 2023·4 min read

Rosemary DiCarlo reiterated the view of the Secretary-General, in reminding that Russia’s invasion of 24 February, was a violation of the UN Charter and international law. “It has created a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe, traumatized a generation of children, and accelerated the global food and energy crises”, she told...

Syria: Needs rise amid deepening humanitarian and economic crisis

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·December 24, 2022·2 min read

Ambassadors were briefed by the UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, who stressed the need to give Syrians hope. Some 14.6 million people require support – a 1.2 million increase over 2021 – and the number is expected to reach 15.3 million next year....

South Sudan: Amidst ‘unimaginable suffering’, over 260,000 in need slated for humanitarian support

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·December 24, 2022·2 min read

Interconnected shocks have had a devastating impact on the most vulnerable, said the UN humanitarian office, OCHA. “This funding will support reducing people’s vulnerability and protection risks through activities implemented by the United Nations humanitarian agencies in South Sudan”, stated Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan. And it...

Yemen: Humanitarian and economic issues must be addressed, Security Council hears

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·November 27, 2022·3 min read

In providing an overview of the situation after the 2 October truce expiration, Hans Grundberg said that in recent weeks, Houthi forces, known as Ansar Allah, attacked oil terminals and ports in Hadramawt and Shabwa governorates, depriving the Government of its main source of revenue from exporting oil. “These attacks…have...