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UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — A record number of aid workers were killed in conflicts around the world last year – more than half after the Israel-Hamas war started on Oct. 7 -- and this year may become even deadlier, the United Nations said Monday. The 280 aid workers from 33 countries killed in 2023 was more than double the previous year’s …

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Sudan continues to spiral into chaos: UN agency
6 months, 2 weeks 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 warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack
8 months, 2 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 …

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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, 4 weeks 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, 4 weeks 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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UN aid chief says warring Sudan generals agreed to talk on humanitarian issues. He’s still waiting
11 months ago

UN aid chief says warring Sudan generals agreed to talk on humanitarian issues. He’s still waiting

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A top U.N. official said Wednesday that the two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting in Switzerland to discuss humanitarian issues and Sudan’s beleaguered civilians. “I’m still waiting to see when that happens,” Martin Griffiths, the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, …

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As Sudan war rages, rival sides accused of looting, diverting aid
1 year, 6 months ago

As Sudan war rages, rival sides accused of looting, diverting aid

Al Jazeera  

Aid workers, medics and experts say the army and the RSF both steal aid, restrict access and impose rent-seeking impediments. “We don’t see as an impartial actor,” one country director for an international aid agency told Al Jazeera. Three relief workers also said aid agencies are not as vocal about the army’s role in aid diversion out of fear of …

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Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south
2 years, 2 months ago

Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Tribal clashes in Sudan’s southern province of Blue Nile have killed at least 170 people over the past two days, two Sudanese officials said Thursday, the latest in inter-communal violence across the country’s neglected south. Tribal clashes that erupted in July killed 149 people by early October, and last week, renewed clashes killed another 13 people, according to …

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Floods-hit Sudan facing ‘unprecedented challenges’, UN warns
4 years, 3 months ago

Floods-hit Sudan facing ‘unprecedented challenges’, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

Over 800,000 have been affected and more than 120 people have died in the worst floods in Sudan in decades. Humanitarian workers in disaster-hit Sudan are in danger of running out of funds to continue operations, the United Nations has said, warning that heavy rain and flooding were continuing to pose “unprecedented challenges” for thousands of vulnerable families across the …

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Dozens killed in renewed violence in Sudan’s Darfur: UN
4 years, 5 months ago

Dozens killed in renewed violence in Sudan’s Darfur: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN reports killing of more than 60 people in Darfur as Sudan PM promises fresh troops for the war-torn region. A new round of violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed more than 60 people, the United Nations said on Sunday, as the country’s prime minister promised fresh troops for the conflict-stricken region. The UN Office for the Coordination of …

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