Vital supplies dwindle, health care system threatened in Sudan: UN
1 year, 8 months ago

Vital supplies dwindle, health care system threatened in Sudan: UN

China Daily  

The photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows Sudanese collecting fresh water from the Nile River after ongoing clashes cut off the water and electricity supplies in their neighborhoods in the capital of Khartoum. UNITED NATIONS - Sudan's population is running out of food, fuel and other vital supplies, and the health care system is in danger of collapse, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. "We desperately need a humanitarian pause so that wounded and sick civilians can reach hospitals," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. It said that humanitarian actors must be able to carry out their work safely, and aid agencies must be able to move staff and replenish critical supplies safely. "We are worried that Sudan's health care system could completely collapse," the UN humanitarians said.

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Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN

Al Jazeera  

Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the world’s youngest nation as it grapples with floods and war. Almost 60 percent of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure next year, with more than two million children at risk of malnutrition, warns data from a United Nations-backed review. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase …

Sudanese Hospital Continues Vital Work Despite War Around It : State of the World from NPR : NPR
3 months ago

Sudanese Hospital Continues Vital Work Despite War Around It : State of the World from NPR : NPR

NPR  

Sudanese Hospital Continues Vital Work Despite War Around It : State of the World from NPR Sudan's war has displaced more than 12 million people and half the country faces starvations. The country's medical services have collapsed leaving a patchwork of charities, local groups and the Sudanese diaspora to try to provide what health care they can. State of the …

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
3 months, 4 weeks ago

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan

The Independent  

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Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor

Al Jazeera  

United Nations’ hunger monitoring system says there’s a risk of famine in 14 areas of Sudan if the conflict escalates. There is a risk of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the conflict between military factions escalates, a global hunger monitor has said, noting that it faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity” ever recorded in the country. …

Nine Million People Have Fled. Up to 150,000 Are Dead. No One Is Talking About It.
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nine Million People Have Fled. Up to 150,000 Are Dead. No One Is Talking About It.

Slate  

In Sudan, a long-building crisis has turned a political dispute between two military generals into a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable scale. So while their primary concern might be to support their relatives within Sudan, or to help them leave Sudan, they’re Now, after a year of war, what’s happened is the Sudanese people who have been funding kitchens have begun …

The UN warns Sudan's warring parties that Darfur risks starvation and death if aid isn't allowed in
8 months, 1 week ago

The UN warns Sudan's warring parties that Darfur risks starvation and death if aid isn't allowed in

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Leni Kinzli, the World Food Program’s regional spokesperson, said …

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
9 months ago

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Nations said Friday …

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
9 months ago

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s restive western Darfur region for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border deliveries in March, but the population still faces widespread hunger unless more help arrives. About a third of the country’s population, or 18 million people, face acute hunger, the U.N. food …

Sudan slips into famine as warring sides starve civilians
9 months, 1 week ago

Sudan slips into famine as warring sides starve civilians

Al Jazeera  

Without online remittances – and with soaring prices and cereal production cuts – Sudan is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster. One year after the start of the war in Sudan, children are dying of hunger and sick people are not buying medicine so that they can afford food as the population slips towards famine. Nearly 25 million people …

Sudan is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sudan is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children’s lives, the U.N. humanitarian office warned Wednesday. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the U.N. Security Council that already one-third of Sudan’s population – …

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the …

Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

The UN says a ‘humanitarian travesty’ is playing out in Sudan amid international inattention and inaction. “By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory,” Edem Wosornu, director of operations at the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian …

UN warns five million could suffer ‘catastrophic’ hunger in Sudan amid war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN warns five million could suffer ‘catastrophic’ hunger in Sudan amid war

Al Jazeera  

UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from ‘severe’ malnutrition. Nearly five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country’s warring parties to allow aid deliveries. In a note to the UN Security Council on Friday, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths …

Sudan war threatens ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP
10 months ago

Sudan war threatens ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP

Al Jazeera  

Warring generals leave at least 25 million people facing food insecurity, with humanitarian response at ‘breaking point’. The war in Sudan threatens to trigger “the world’s largest hunger crisis”, a United Nations agency has warned. The World Food Programme said on Wednesday that more than 25 million people scattered across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad are “trapped in a spiral” …

Famine looms in Sudan
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Famine looms in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

As war continues unabated in Sudan, an acute food emergency could kill hundreds of thousands of people by next year. “When we started, about 70 people would come to us for food … from several neighbourhoods,” Abdel Hay told Al Jazeera from Khartoum. “Eventually, we started to see more than 200 people coming each time we cooked.” Ten months into …

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
11 months, 1 week ago

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. World Food Program said that some 18 million people across Sudan currently face acute hunger, with the most desperate trapped behind the …

People ‘dying of starvation’ in Sudan, UN food agency says
11 months, 1 week ago

People ‘dying of starvation’ in Sudan, UN food agency says

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme has called on Sudan’s warring sides to provide immediate security guarantees to deliver aid. The United Nations food agency says it is receiving reports of people dying of starvation in Sudan and the number of hungry people has doubled over the past year as the ongoing war cuts civilians off from aid. “The situation in Sudan …

WFP temporarily halts food aid in parts of Sudan as fighting spreads
1 year ago

WFP temporarily halts food aid in parts of Sudan as fighting spreads

Al Jazeera  

UN food agency has been regularly providing assistance to more than 800,000 people in al-Jazirah state. The United Nations food agency has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan’s al-Jazirah state where it was supporting more than 800,000 people, as fighting spreads south and east of the country’s capital, Khartoum. This includes thousands of displaced people who have …

Sudan facing humanitarian crisis as relief funding dwindles
1 year, 2 months ago

Sudan facing humanitarian crisis as relief funding dwindles

Al Jazeera  

Sudan’s medical sector is on the verge of complete collapse, humanitarian organisations say, along with rising hunger. As Sudan’s civil war enters its sixth month, civilians are facing a colossal humanitarian crisis as relief funding dwindles and army-imposed restrictions strangle its delivery, aid groups and activists told Al Jazeera. “Only a third of the overall humanitarian appeal has been funded …

More than 1,200 children have died in the past 5 months in conflict-wrecked Sudan, the UN says
1 year, 3 months ago

More than 1,200 children have died in the past 5 months in conflict-wrecked Sudan, the UN says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — More than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months, because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition, the U.N.’s refugee agency said Tuesday. “Dozens of children are dying every day — a result of this devastating conflict and a lack of global attention,” U.N. High Commissioner …

Volunteers in Sudan risk being hit by stray bullets to bury the dead
1 year, 4 months ago

Volunteers in Sudan risk being hit by stray bullets to bury the dead

ABC  

Each time the call comes in, the team moves quickly. "It's emotionally very difficult," said Afrah Mohammed, a volunteer with the Sudanese Red Crescent, which has buried more than 180 bodies since heavy fighting broke out in April. Sudan conflict brings new atrocities Photo shows African family on a yellow tarp on dusty ground in countryside camp with tents behind …

UN warns Sudan conflict ‘threatens to consume the entire country’
1 year, 4 months ago

UN warns Sudan conflict ‘threatens to consume the entire country’

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying in humanitarian crisis of ‘epic proportions’, UN says. “The war in Sudan is fuelling a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions,” Martin Griffiths, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator said in a statement on Friday. Al-Burhan to visit Egypt and Saudi Arabia The war in Sudan broke out …

UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali
1 year, 7 months ago

UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali

The Hindu  

Two U.N. agencies warned on Monday of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods. The four countries join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen at the highest alert levels, with communities that are already facing or projected to …

UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan among other countries, call for urgent aid
1 year, 7 months ago

UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan among other countries, call for urgent aid

Hindustan Times  

Two UN agencies warned Monday of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods. The report warns that 1 million people are expected to flee Sudan, while an additional 2.5 million inside Sudan face acute hunger in the coming months …

Photos: Sudanese capital devastated by a month of brutal fighting
1 year, 7 months ago

Photos: Sudanese capital devastated by a month of brutal fighting

Al Jazeera  

Sudanese capital Khartoum has been turned into a desolate war zone by a month of fierce fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Violence also renewed in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, leaving hundreds killed and the health system in “total collapse”, medics said. “People are getting more and more scared because the two …

Civilians complain “being forgotten” as warring rages in Sudanese capital Khartoum
1 year, 8 months ago

Civilians complain “being forgotten” as warring rages in Sudanese capital Khartoum

Hindustan Times  

Heavy gunfire echoed around Khartoum again on Friday and there was no sign of any letup in fighting as civilians trapped in the Sudanese capital said their plight was being ignored by both the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The sudden collapse into warfare has killed hundreds, triggered a humanitarian disaster, sent an exodus of refugees …

Lack of basic services upset Sudanese as fighting enters 4th week
1 year, 8 months ago

Lack of basic services upset Sudanese as fighting enters 4th week

China Daily  

People are evacuated due to clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Army, in Port Sudan, Sudan, April 25, 2023. KHARTOUM - As the fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters the fourth week, the residents of the Sudanese capital Khartoum are confronted with more hardships due to a lack of basic …

Lack of basic services upset Sudanese as fighting enters 4th week
1 year, 8 months ago

Lack of basic services upset Sudanese as fighting enters 4th week

China Daily  

People are evacuated due to clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Army, in Port Sudan, Sudan, April 25, 2023. KHARTOUM - As the fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters the fourth week, the residents of the Sudanese capital Khartoum are confronted with more hardships due to a lack of basic …

Fighting rages in Khartoum, civilians complain of being forgotten
1 year, 8 months ago

Fighting rages in Khartoum, civilians complain of being forgotten

The Hindu  

Heavy gunfire echoed around Khartoum again on Friday as civilians trapped in the Sudanese capital said the army and rival paramilitary forces were fighting on and ignoring their plight. "Sudan's warring armies are showing reckless disregard for civilian lives by using inaccurate weapons in populated urban areas," Human Rights Watch Sudan researcher Mohamed Osman said in a report documenting damage …

‘An imminent catastrophe’: Healthcare disaster looms in Darfur
1 year, 8 months ago

‘An imminent catastrophe’: Healthcare disaster looms in Darfur

Al Jazeera  

Following a week of fighting and looting, civilians have been left with no access to drinking water, food and healthcare. Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees, said conditions in camps across Darfur were “disturbing”. “The suffering of the displaced people is increasing from bad to worse due to the lack of drinking water, …

Sudan refugees increase pressure on neighboring countries
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan refugees increase pressure on neighboring countries

China Daily  

Sudanese and people from other nationalities ride trucks to cross the river Nile in a ferry while on their way to Egypt through the Qustul border, in the Sudanese city of Wadi Halfa, Sudan May 2, 2023. An estimated 100,000 people fleeing violence in Sudan are seeking safety in neighboring countries, many of which are already affected by conflict and …

Sudan refugees increase pressure on neighboring countries
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan refugees increase pressure on neighboring countries

China Daily  

Sudanese and people from other nationalities ride trucks to cross the river Nile in a ferry while on their way to Egypt through the Qustul border, in the Sudanese city of Wadi Halfa, Sudan May 2, 2023. An estimated 100,000 people fleeing violence in Sudan are seeking safety in neighboring countries, many of which are already affected by conflict and …

Khartoum fighting continues despite new ceasefire in Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Khartoum fighting continues despite new ceasefire in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

The UN warns that fighting between the army and the RSF risks causing a humanitarian catastrophe that could spill into other countries. A stillborn ceasefire Earlier this week, Sudan’s warring factions agreed in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, but more air raids and shooting in the Khartoum region disrupted that. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said he hoped …

U.N. says aid trucks looted in 'volatile' Sudan, urges safe passage
1 year, 8 months ago

U.N. says aid trucks looted in 'volatile' Sudan, urges safe passage

The Hindu  

The United Nations said on Wednesday it was seeking assurances from Sudan's warring factions on the safe delivery of aid after six trucks of humanitarian supplies were looted and air strikes in Khartoum undermined a new ceasefire. "We will still require agreements and arrangements to allow for movement of staff and supplies," U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said from Port …

Despite truce, Sudan near ‘breaking point’, says UN
1 year, 8 months ago

Despite truce, Sudan near ‘breaking point’, says UN

The Hindu  

Gun battles and explosions again rocked Sudan's capital on May 1 despite the latest truce formally agreed between the warring parties as the UN warned the humanitarian crisis had brought the country near its "breaking point". More than 500 people have been reported killed since fighting erupted on April 15 between Sudan's Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan …

Two doctors struck by tragedy in Sudan: One dead, one fleeing for his life
1 year, 8 months ago

Two doctors struck by tragedy in Sudan: One dead, one fleeing for his life

NPR  

Two doctors struck by tragedy in Sudan: One dead, one fleeing for his life Enlarge this image toggle caption Sudanese American Physicians Association Sudanese American Physicians Association One doctor, hailed as a mentor, reportedly stabbed to death as he took his father to dialysis. " Sponsor Message Dr. Eisa's untimely return On April 12, Dr. Mohamed Eisa, a gastroenterologist from …

Sudan Unrest: The threat of ‘germ bomb’ as lab seized in Khartoum
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan Unrest: The threat of ‘germ bomb’ as lab seized in Khartoum

Firstpost  

In conflict-hit Sudan, fighters seized the public health laboratory in Khartoum. Amid this, the World Health Organization warned of a “huge biological risk” at a laboratory in Khartoum – the National Public Health Laboratory – caught up in the ongoing conflict. Dr Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO representative in Sudan, expressed concerns that “one of the fighting parties” — he …

WHO warns of 'biological hazard' in Sudan as warring parties seize lab containing measles, cholera
1 year, 8 months ago

WHO warns of 'biological hazard' in Sudan as warring parties seize lab containing measles, cholera

Firstpost  

Many countries have successfully evacuated their citizens from war-torn Sudan after several attacks on diplomats, including the killing of an Egyptian attache shot on his way to work. Some countries are also extracting their private citizens The World Health Organisation has warned of the “high risk of biological hazard” in Sudan’s capital Khartoum after one of the warring parties seized …

Sudan fighting forces aid groups to halt, spreading suffering
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan fighting forces aid groups to halt, spreading suffering

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarian organisations say operations are at a standstill as they look to resume work in some areas of Sudan. ‘Nothing can move’ For 2023, UN agencies and partners – about 90 organisations in all – had published a Humanitarian Response Plan for Sudan that aimed to help 80 percent of the estimated 15.8 million people in need in the country …

Aid groups raise alarm as Sudan fighting eclipses shaky truce
1 year, 8 months ago

Aid groups raise alarm as Sudan fighting eclipses shaky truce

Al Jazeera  

Sudanese caught in the crossfire are struggling to find food, shelter, and medical care as the conflict in Sudan continues. Sudanese and foreigners have streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting shook a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum, said that there …

'High bio-hazard risk' in Sudan after laboratory seized: WHO
1 year, 8 months ago

'High bio-hazard risk' in Sudan after laboratory seized: WHO

India Today  

There is a "high risk of biological hazard" in Sudan's capital Khartoum after one of the warring parties seized a laboratory holding measles and cholera pathogens and other hazardous materials, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Geneva via video link from Sudan, the WHO's representative in the country, Nima Saeed Abid, said technicians were unable …

Sudan crisis: What’s next after one week of deadly fighting?
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan crisis: What’s next after one week of deadly fighting?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts warn the conflict may have far-reaching consequences not only for the northeast African country, but also for an already unstable region. “The combat could quickly slide into a sustained war that risks rippling through the country’s restive peripheries into its neighbours,” the International Crisis Group says. “The hostilities have pushed the country toward the full-blown civil war Sudanese have …

Sudan health system overwhelmed as fighting rages on
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan health system overwhelmed as fighting rages on

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 50 health facilities have closed in the capital and surrounding areas since the conflict broke out. Nearly 50 health facilities have been forced to close in the capital Khartoum and surrounding areas since the fighting broke out between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Saturday, Al Jazeera correspondent Hiba Morgan reported on Thursday. “The hospitals now …

Fighting continues in Sudan as death toll mounts to 270, over 2,600 injured
1 year, 8 months ago

Fighting continues in Sudan as death toll mounts to 270, over 2,600 injured

Firstpost  

Hours after an internationally mediated ceasefire was supposed to go into effect, fighting in Sudan resumed as soldiers loyal to opposing generals fought over vital locations in the city and accused one another of violating the ceasefire Khartoum: Around 270 people have died and more than 2,600 have been injured as a result of the turmoil in Sudan, reported CNN, …

Sudan hospitals struggle with casualties, damage in fighting
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan hospitals struggle with casualties, damage in fighting

Associated Press  

CAIRO — At the Khartoum Teaching Hospital, people wounded during street battles flowed into the wards. … We’re all exhausted, but there is a shortage of physicians.” Not long afterward, the hospital shut down completely — with staff, patients and relatives stuck inside as clashes raged throughout the neighborhood. “I tried multiple times the past two days but was forced …

Sudan crisis: Almost 200 dead, 1,800 wounded in deadly violence, says UN
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan crisis: Almost 200 dead, 1,800 wounded in deadly violence, says UN

Live Mint  

Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, damaging hospitals and hampering aid on Monday after three days of urban warfare. Earlier Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again called on Sudan's warring parties to "immediately cease hostilities". The World Health Organization had already warned that several of Khartoum's nine hospitals tending to …

A third of Sudan's population faces hunger crisis: U.N. food agency
2 years, 6 months ago

A third of Sudan's population faces hunger crisis: U.N. food agency

The Hindu  

A third of Sudan' population is currently facing a food crisis due to the compounded impact of climate shocks, political turmoil and rising global food prices, the U.N. food agency said Thursday. A joint report by the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said that 15 million people face acute food insecurity across all of the East …

UN food agency halts work in North Darfur, affects 2 million
3 years ago

UN food agency halts work in North Darfur, affects 2 million

The Hindu  

The World Food Programme has suspended its operations across Sudan's province of North Darfur following recent attacks on its warehouses, a decision expected to affect about 2 million local people. Earlier in the week, the WFP said an unidentified armed group had attacked one of its warehouses in North Darfur's provincial capital of el-Fasher. “This theft has robbed nearly two …

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