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Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
1 week, 5 days ago

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts. Now, Skau said, “it’s a triple crisis, and the needs are going to be massive.” While …

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Visualising the war in Sudan: Conflict, control and displacement
1 month, 1 week ago

Visualising the war in Sudan: Conflict, control and displacement

Al Jazeera  

The world’s worst internal displacement crisis, with at least 14 million people uprooted from their homes, is in Sudan. Other groups, including Darfur Communal Militia, Darfur Arab Militia, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Twic Clan Militia and others have been behind the remaining 1,068 of attacks. 14 million people displaced The UN has warned that Sudan is facing the world’s worst …

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UN Security Council sanctions two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary RSF
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN Security Council sanctions two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary RSF

Al Jazeera  

Paramilitary group’s head of operations and West Darfur commander have been slapped with travel bans and asset freezes. A United Nations Security Council committee has sanctioned two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for destabilising the country through violence and human rights abuses. These are the first UN sanctions in the current war in Sudan, which erupted on April …

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Aid trucks enter civil war-torn Darfur as Sudan army eases restrictions
4 months ago

Aid trucks enter civil war-torn Darfur as Sudan army eases restrictions

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme says a convoy of humanitarian aid has entered the Sudanese region of Darfur, offering temporary respite after Sudan’s forces sealed sections of the border with Chad to aid deliveries in February. “More than a dozen aid trucks – including some from the WFP and the International Organization for Migration – have now crossed into Darfur from …

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Sudan continues to spiral into chaos: UN agency
6 months ago

Sudan continues to spiral into chaos: UN agency

China Daily  

A handout photograph, shot in Jan 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to Al Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. KHARTOUM - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Monday said Sudan continues to spiral into chaos, with the humanitarian crisis worsening. "The lives of 800,000 people -- of women, children, men, the …

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UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
6 months, 1 week ago

UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city

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 U.N. Security Council adopted …

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UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
6 months, 1 week ago

UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force immediately halt its siege of the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn’t control and where more than a million people are reportedly trapped. Ambassador Barbara Woodward told the council after the vote that the resolution sends a clear …

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Sudan paramilitary RSF targets last operating hospital in Darfur
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan paramilitary RSF targets last operating hospital in Darfur

Al Jazeera  

The armed group fired on and looted the last operating hospital in western Darfur, forcing it to close. The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary in Sudan has attacked the last operating hospital in the Darfur region, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, reported late on Sunday that the RSF had attacked the South …

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47 killed in Sudan's el-Fasher region as conflict rages
6 months, 4 weeks ago

47 killed in Sudan's el-Fasher region as conflict rages

New Indian Express  

War in Sudan erupted in mid-April last year when a simmering feud between the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into violence, Al Jazeera reported. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, since last April has killed tens of …

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The new cycle of atrocities in Darfur must be stopped
7 months ago

The new cycle of atrocities in Darfur must be stopped

Al Jazeera  

For months now, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, an independent military force, together with allied armed groups, have been besieging the city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. RSF forces and affiliated armed groups have already killed thousands of mostly Massalit people in el-Geneina, West Darfur, and surrounding areas, forcing more than half a million people, mostly Massalit, to flee …

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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 …

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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 …

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Aid groups call attention to Sudan with famine looming after a year of civil war
8 months, 1 week ago

Aid groups call attention to Sudan with famine looming after a year of civil war

The Hindu  

On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq’s house in an upscale neighbourhood 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 paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into street clashes in the capital in mid-April 2023. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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 …

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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 …

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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 – …

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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  

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 …

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UN warns five million could suffer ‘catastrophic’ hunger in Sudan amid war
9 months, 1 week 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 …

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UN Security Council urges Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during holy month of Ramadan
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN Security Council urges Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during holy month of Ramadan

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council urged Sudan’s warring parties on Friday to immediately halt hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and allow aid to get to 25 million people in desperate need of food and other assistance. The resolution expresses “grave concern over the spreading violence and the catastrophic and deteriorating humanitarian situation, including crisis levels, …

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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

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief on Thursday urged the international community to mobilize and do everything possible to stop the war in Sudan, saying “what is happening is horrible.” Secretary-General António Guterres said there is no military solution to the conflict between forces supporting rival generals that began in mid-April 2023, and he stressed that continued fighting “will …

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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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