Sudan’s war began a year ago. Children are among its most fragile survivors
8 months, 1 week ago

Sudan’s war began a year ago. Children are among its most fragile survivors

Associated Press  

METCHE CAMP, Chad — The war in Sudan began a year ago. We don’t even have sugar.” Back home, Sudan’s military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, is fighting the paramilitary group known as Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, for immensely greater resources — including power over the country’s more than 45 million people. “It has been everyday Sudanese who have — often at great personal risk —stepped up to support each other,” Eatizaz Yousif, country director with the International Rescue Committee, said in a joint statement by aid groups urging the world to give more. “Many, many of our babies are severely malnourished,” said Cordula Haffner, the Doctors Without Borders hospital coordinator at the camp. “We are seeing a catastrophe unfolding in North Darfur, where our teams have estimated that 13 children are dying each day of malnutrition and related health conditions at a camp for displaced people,” Avril Benoît, executive director of Doctors Without Borders in the U.S., said in a statement.

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Distressing times for children and women in Sudan
2 months, 1 week ago

Distressing times for children and women in Sudan

China Daily  

The ongoing war in Sudan has pushed children and adults in El Fasher in southwestern part of the country to the limit of survival as access to food, clean water, medicine and healthcare dwindle even as violence continues to escalate. In a joint statement on Thursday, a group of international non-governmental organizations operating in Sudan including CARE International and Save …

What’s Sudan like after 15 months of war, displacement, and brutality?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s Sudan like after 15 months of war, displacement, and brutality?

Al Jazeera  

Fighting has been reported in the towns of Sinja, Sennar and Dinder, prompting an exodus of civilians to neighnouring states. The war in Sudan is approaching its 16th month, with tens of thousands of people killed and millions displaced in what international organisations say is the world’s worst displacement crisis. The RSF began attacking towns in the southeastern state of …

Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad
6 months ago

Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad

Al Jazeera  

The looming famine in Sudan is pushing thousands of civilians from Darfur to flee to Chad, say refugees and aid groups. About 756,000 people are facing “catastrophic levels of hunger” with an additional 25.6 million people facing acute food shortages, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the United Nations’ hunger-level scale. However, a lack of funding has forced …

More than 10 million displaced in war-torn Sudan, IOM says
6 months, 1 week ago

More than 10 million displaced in war-torn Sudan, IOM says

Al Jazeera  

UN migration agency says 7.26 million people have fled their homes since war broke out in April 2023, while 2.83 million were already displaced by previous wars. More than 10 million people have been displaced within war-torn Sudan, according to the latest figures released by the International Organization for Migration. Since the war broke out in April 2023 between the …

Children ‘piled up and shot’ in Sudan as UN envoy says world cannot ignore this ‘silent war and famine’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Children ‘piled up and shot’ in Sudan as UN envoy says world cannot ignore this ‘silent war and famine’

The Independent  

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Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says ‘thousands’ killed in attacks last year targeting Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias killed “at least thousands of people” in West Darfur state, an international rights group has said, in what it called apparent “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”. In a report published on Thursday, Human Rights Watch …

People eating ‘grass and peanut shells’ in Darfur, UN says, as hunger crisis engulfs war-ravaged Sudan
7 months, 3 weeks ago

People eating ‘grass and peanut shells’ in Darfur, UN says, as hunger crisis engulfs war-ravaged Sudan

CNN  

CNN — Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. “If assistance doesn’t reach them soon, we risk witnessing widespread starvation and death in Darfur and across other conflict-affected areas in Sudan,” Michael Dunford added. In the city and its surrounding localities, there have …

UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack
7 months, 3 weeks ago

UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city’s 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces “appear to be positioning themselves.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres again called …

World paid little attention to Sudan’s war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger
8 months, 1 week ago

World paid little attention to Sudan’s war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

Associated Press  

CAIRO — On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq’s house in an upscale neighborhood in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, ever since simmering tensions between its military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into street clashes in the capital …

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger
8 months, 1 week ago

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from 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. Sudan has been torn by war for a year …

A year of violence, of displacement, of violations in Sudan’s war
8 months, 1 week ago

A year of violence, of displacement, of violations in Sudan’s war

Al Jazeera  

A year since it started, the war in Sudan has spiralled into one of the world’s largest and most complex displacement crises. Since April 15, 2023, more than 8.6 million people have fled their homes, with 1.8 million people, mostly women and children, crossing to neighbouring countries. UNHCR and the World Health Organization are warning of the worsening health situation …

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
8 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
8 months, 2 weeks 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 is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months 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 ago

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

The Independent  

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UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan

The Independent  

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UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition

Al Jazeera  

As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid. At least 700,000 children in Sudan are likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, and tens of thousands could die, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. “The consequences of the past 300 days means that more …

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says
10 months, 2 weeks ago

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Thirteen children are dying each day of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10-month war in their country, a medical charity said Monday. However, since war broke out between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces in April 2023, camp residents have been cut off from vital humanitarian aid and …

Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan’s conflict grinds on
1 year ago

Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan’s conflict grinds on

Al Jazeera  

Cairo, Egypt – While sexual and gender-based violence has increased notably in Sudan during the fighting that has torn the country apart since April, it has been an epidemic there long before April 15, according to Sara Musa, an activist with the Darfur Women’s Forum. Non-Arab communities, such as the Masalit, in West Darfur are particularly vulnerable to SGBV, Ahmed …

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says
1 year, 1 month ago

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multiday attack, doctors and the U.N. said. The attack on Ardamata in West Darfur province earlier this month was the latest in a series of atrocities in Darfur that marked …

Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says
1 year, 1 month ago

Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Almost seven months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group have left a wave of destruction with over half the population in need of humanitarian aid and raised fears of a repeat of the deadly ethnic conflict in Darfur 20 years ago. “What is happening is verging on pure evil,” the United Nations humanitarian …

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people
1 year, 2 months ago

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people

The Hindu  

Six months of war between Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary group has killed up to 9,000 people and created "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history," the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. Sudan has been engulfed in chaos since mid-April, when simmering tensions between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid …

Sudan's military clash killed over 9,000 people, UN dubs it worst humanitarian nightmare in recent history
1 year, 2 months ago

Sudan's military clash killed over 9,000 people, UN dubs it worst humanitarian nightmare in recent history

India TV News  

Six months of war between Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary group has killed up to 9,000 people and created "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history," the United Nations humanitarian chief said on Sunday. Sudan has been engulfed in chaos since mid-April when simmering tensions between military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary …

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people
1 year, 2 months ago

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Six months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group has killed up to 9,000 people and created “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history,” the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. Sudan has been engulfed in chaos since mid-April, when simmering tensions between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the commander of the …

The UN food agency says that 1 in 5 children who arrive in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished
1 year, 2 months ago

The UN food agency says that 1 in 5 children who arrive in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — At least one in five children arriving in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished and more than 90% of arrivals haven’t eaten in days, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday. The World Food Program said that nearly 300,000 people have arrived in South Sudan in the last five months — the majority of whom are South …

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 …

About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan since fighting erupted in April, charity says
1 year, 4 months ago

About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan since fighting erupted in April, charity says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan — including two dozen babies in a government-run orphanage in the capital of Khartoum — since fighting erupted in the East African country in April, a leading aid group said Tuesday. Save the Children also said that at least 31,000 children lack access to treatment for malnutrition and related …

14 million children in Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian support, says UNICEF
1 year, 4 months ago

14 million children in Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian support, says UNICEF

CNN  

CNN — Fourteen million children are in “dire need” of humanitarian support in Sudan, the United Nation’s children’s agency warned on Friday, as a deadly conflict in the country deepens its hunger crisis. Almost 14 million children – a number roughly equivalent to every single child in Colombia, France, Germany, or Thailand – are in dire need of humanitarian support,” …

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages
1 year, 4 months ago

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice. “They want to uproot us all.” Al-Nour and her three children now live in a school-turned-refugee housing inside Chad, among more than 260,000 Sudanese, mostly women and children, who have fled what survivors and rights groups say is a new explosion of atrocities in the large western region of Sudan. “This spiraling …

UNICEF calls for better protection for Sudan’s children trapped in ‘unrelenting nightmare’
1 year, 6 months ago

UNICEF calls for better protection for Sudan’s children trapped in ‘unrelenting nightmare’

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The conflict in Sudan has killed over 330 children and left 13 million more in dire need of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said Friday, calling on the country’s warring factions to better protect vulnerable young people. For two months, Sudan’s military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamden Dagalo, …

Sudan’s raging war forces more than two million from their homes
1 year, 6 months ago

Sudan’s raging war forces more than two million from their homes

Al Jazeera  

The fighting has displaced more than 1.6 million people inside Sudan, with another 530,000 fleeing to neighbouring countries. More than two million people in Sudan have been forced from their homes due to two months of fighting between the country’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, according to the United Nations. Sudan plunged into chaos on April 15 when …

Grim homecoming for South Sudanese fleeing Sudan violence
1 year, 6 months ago

Grim homecoming for South Sudanese fleeing Sudan violence

New Indian Express  

The influx adds to an already dire situation in South Sudan, a troubled country that has struggled with war, famine and natural disasters since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011. The scene near the border is grim, with children suffering malnutrition, tensions over limited resources, and families sleeping in the open as the camp's population climbs by the day. "We …

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
1 year, 6 months ago

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

The Hindu  

About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan's capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said on June 8. About 300 children at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage in Khartoum were transferred to a “safer location” elsewhere in the northeastern African nation, said Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for the UN children's …

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
1 year, 6 months ago

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

Associated Press  

CAIRO — About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said Thursday. About 300 children at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage in Khartoum were transferred to a “safer location” elsewhere in the northeastern African nation, said Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for the U.N. children’s …

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
1 year, 6 months ago

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

ABC  

About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan's capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials say. Key points: Among the children who died at the facility were babies as young as three months, according to activists in the area Causes of death include circulatory collapse, as well as fever, …

Sudanese orphans caught in the conflict’s crosshairs evacuated
1 year, 6 months ago

Sudanese orphans caught in the conflict’s crosshairs evacuated

Al Jazeera  

Al-Mayqoma orphanage’s evacuation in Khartoum took time because it required security guarantees from warring parties. At least 280 children and 70 of their carers were taken from the orphanage to a new facility in Madani, about 135km southeast of Khartoum, arriving on Wednesday evening, said Alyona Synenko from ICRC Nairobi. Synenko said the evacuation occurred nearly eight weeks into the …

Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in Darfur clashes
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in Darfur clashes

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate. A statement issued by the Saudi foreign ministry on Monday said the negotiations between delegations from the country’s military, on one side, and on the other the powerful paramilitary, the Rapid Support …

War, Hunger, Pain: Dismal Accounts From My Sudan Diaries Prove Nothing’s Changed
1 year, 7 months ago

War, Hunger, Pain: Dismal Accounts From My Sudan Diaries Prove Nothing’s Changed

The Quint  

Darfur, an arid region of Sudan bordering Chad and the Central African Republic, has been besieged for decades with drought, desertification, and overpopulation. As the desert expanded, camel and cattle-herding Arab nomads, the Baggara, in search of water, had to take their livestock further south, to land mainly occupied by black African farmers, also Muslims. To swell the militia's ranks, …

Heavy fighting in Sudan, children caught in conflict: UN
1 year, 7 months ago

Heavy fighting in Sudan, children caught in conflict: UN

Hindustan Times  

Fierce fighting persisted in Sudan on Thursday despite a truce agreement as US intelligence said rival forces were trying to gain the upper hand ahead of possible negotiations and the UN warned of the violence's devastating toll on children. Smoke rises over the city as army and paramilitaries clash in power struggle, in Khartoum, Sudan, Despite multiple ceasefire declarations, the …

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 …

Over 400 killed, 3,500 hurt in Sudan fighting: WHO
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 400 killed, 3,500 hurt in Sudan fighting: WHO

The Hindu  

More than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 others hurt in the fighting in Sudan, the World Health Organization said Friday. "It's taking a devastating toll on the country's children," UNICEF spokesman James Elder told reporters. He said Sudan already had one of the world's highest rates of child malnutrition, with critical life-saving care now disrupted for an …

Escalating Sudan fighting puts millions of children at risk
1 year, 8 months ago

Escalating Sudan fighting puts millions of children at risk

Al Jazeera  

Nine children have been killed and more than 50 wounded since the conflict broke out on Saturday, UNICEF says. Escalating violence between rival military forces in Sudan is putting millions of children at risk, UNICEF warns as the fighting continues for a sixth day. The battles between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have had a “devastating toll …

Violence continues in Sudan despite agreed humanitarian ceasefire, with 61 civilians dead
1 year, 8 months ago

Violence continues in Sudan despite agreed humanitarian ceasefire, with 61 civilians dead

Daily Mail  

Fierce fighting raged in Sudan's capital city today despite the agreement of a three-hour humanitarian 'ceasefire' agreed for safe passage of urgent humanitarian cases. Smoke billows above residential buildings in Khartoum on 16 April, 2023, as fighting in Sudan raged for a second day in battles between rival generals Smoke rises as a car drives along an almost deserted street …

20 years since war began in Sudan’s Darfur, suffering continues
1 year, 9 months ago

20 years since war began in Sudan’s Darfur, suffering continues

Al Jazeera  

At least half a million people remain in displacement camps in Darfur, two decades after a bloody conflict broke out between the Arab-dominated Sudanese government and rebel groups. This rebel group and the Justice and Equality Movement launched a rebellion to protest the Sudanese government’s disregard for the western region and its non-Arab population, and seek power-sharing within the Arab-ruled …

At least 168 killed in violence in Sudan’s Darfur: Aid group
2 years, 8 months ago

At least 168 killed in violence in Sudan’s Darfur: Aid group

Al Jazeera  

Fighting in the Kreinik area of West Darfur province also wounded 98 others, according to a Sudanese aid group. At least 168 people have been killed in fighting between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, a Sudanese aid group said. Adam Regal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur, said on Sunday that fighting …

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children
3 years, 9 months ago

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria’s 10-year-long civil war has killed or wounded almost 12,000 children and left millions out of school in what could have repercussions for years to come in the country, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday. “One in four children have signs of psychosocial distress,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s Mideast and North Africa director. “This cannot be just another …

Ethiopia Conflict Puts 2.3 Million Children in Need: UNICEF
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia Conflict Puts 2.3 Million Children in Need: UNICEF

News 18  

The outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has left some 2.3 million children in urgent need of assistance and thousands more at risk in refugee camps, the UN children’s agency said Friday. “Inside the Tigray region, restricted access and the ongoing communication blackout have left an estimated 2.3 million children in need of humanitarian assistance and out of reach,” …

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