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Hunger and cholera crises escalate in South Sudan, as needs surge

·November 1, 2024·3 min read

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have raised the alarm over worsening hunger, malnutrition, and disease outbreaks in the world’s youngest nation. WFP warned that the food situation in South Sudan has reached critical levels, with more than half of the...

World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems

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·October 28, 2024·2 min read

The World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its humanitarian response in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged areas, particularly in Darfur, where the risk of widespread famine looms. Since the reopening of the Adre border in August, the agency has successfully delivered food assistance to 360,000 people in Darfur. “Distributions have been completed for...

Sudan: UN official decries attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah state

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·October 27, 2024·2 min read

Preliminary reports indicate that between 20 and 25 October, fighters from the paramilitary RSF launched major attacks across eastern parts of the Al Jazirah state (also spelled Gezira), indiscriminately shooting at civilians and committing sexual violence against women and girls. “I am shocked and deeply appalled that human rights violations...

World News in Brief: Egypt malaria-free, tropical storm lashes Cuba, Mozambique killings, WHO support for South Sudan

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·October 22, 2024·3 min read

“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history and not its future,” said Tedros Adhanom-Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This certification of Egypt as malaria-free is truly historic, and a testament to the commitment of the people and Government of Egypt...

World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine

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·October 18, 2024·3 min read

“Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said. Zamzam camp in North Darfur, home to half a million IDPs, faces some of the direst conditions. Other IDP camps in El Fasher are also at risk...

World News in Brief: Sudan’s refugee crisis, UNRWA Gaza update, violence rising in South Sudan, call to halt latest US executions

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·October 17, 2024·4 min read

In the first week of October alone, close to 25,000 people fled to eastern Chad, marking the highest weekly influx this year. This follows months of intensifying violence in Darfur, and Chad now hosts over 600,000 Sudanese refugees, which is more than any other country in the region. Since the conflict...

Sudan: Refugee numbers swell as war continues to drive displacement

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·October 13, 2024·2 min read

South Sudan now ranks as the second largest recipient of people fleeing Sudan, with more than 810,000 new arrivals since April 2023, including returning South Sudanese refugees who were sheltering in Sudan and refugee and asylum seekers from other countries. UNHCR warned that the situation is likely to worsen, exacerbating...

Top UN rights body extends mandates for Russia and Sudan

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·October 10, 2024·2 min read

The mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia, established by the 47-member Council in October 2022, was extended last October. The Special Rapporteur is tasked with monitoring, assessing and reporting on the rights situation in the country. The current mandate holder, Mariana Katzarova, is not...

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

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·October 8, 2024·2 min read

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reminded journalists in New York at the regular noon briefing that famine conditions have already been confirmed in the Zamzam camp for the displaced, just outside the city, “and we think that other camps in the area are likely to have famine conditions.” El Fasher is...

Sudan war: ‘Horror’ grows as reports of summary executions emerge

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·October 4, 2024·2 min read

The warning on Thursday comes as the SAF launched a major offensive last month to regain control of key areas currently held by the RSF. The two armies led by rival generals have been locked in a brutal power struggle since April 2023. The fighting has driven more than 11...

Women and girls in Sudan disproportionately impacted by ongoing conflict

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·September 27, 2024·1 min read

The need for gender-based violence-related services has increased 100 per cent since the crisis began in April 2023, the UN agency championing gender affairs reported, with up to 6.7 million people needing assistance by the end of last year. Cases of conflict-related sexual violence, sexual exploitation, and abuse have been growing since...

Sudan crisis: Countries gather at UN General Assembly for action call

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·September 25, 2024·1 min read

With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday prepared to issue a renewed call for urgent action to protect the country’s people....