Elwaer noted that some 3.5 million children are acutely malnourished in the hunger crisis, of whom 700,000 suffer from the most dangerous form of malnutrition -- severe acute malnutrition, and are at risk of dying without treatment. The senior UN official voiced deep concern about the security ...
"The famine in Zamzam is essentially caused by violations of international humanitarian law. Both sides have over the last months actively denied the delivery of humanitarian assistance into Al-Fashir." Play Video Sudan's humanitarian crisis explained Relief International is one of the ...
Earlier this month, a European donors' conference held in Paris pledged some 2.1 billion dollars to help alleviate the crisis in Sudan. Although the pledge was welcomed by humanitarian agencies, it is not yet clear when this aid will arrive, how much will be "new funding" and how much will...
On the border of Chad and Sudan, MSF staff recorded a 20-fold increase in mortality rates of communities fleeing West Darfur to Ourang camp since April 2023. Mostly men who were killed by firearms in bouts of ethnic violence (82%). The report says "among the wounded were 62 ...
Further, the United Nations announced the Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan, with a $2.7 billion funding goal to support the crisis in Sudan; but, only 16.3% of the intended U.N. support has been reached. In order to truly address the crisis, there is more work to be done. “More assist...
Cholera outbreak worsens humanitarian crisis in South Sudan•Dec. 10, 2024, 9:16 PM ET (Nation.Africa)...(Show more) Show less Constitutional framework Constitutional history The creation of the semiautonomous region of southern Sudan was provided for by the 2005Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA...
Sudan desperately needs the gold to try to avert an economic collapse brought on by the military coup, so any losses due to smuggling will only contribute to the nation’s financial crisis. Secret documents obtained by anti-corruption NGO Global Witness in 2020 revealed the complex financial ...
— Sami Abdel-Halim Saeed (@SamiSaeed121)June 11, 2023 PALU has joined in solidarity with other African civil society groups to address the ongoing crisis in#Sudan. A High-Level Dialogue led by@GovtOfKenyatogether with colleagues from@Af4HAand attended by reps from 13 States, recently conclu...
"Approximately 17.7 million people have experienced high levels of acute food insecurity between October 2023 and February 2024, the highest number ever recorded during a harvest season," he said. Noting that conflict is the main driver of this hunger crisis, the UN official explained that nine ...
from across the Sahel were fighting on the side of the RSF and were there essentially just to loot and unfortunately rape, in Khartoum in particular but in other parts of Sudan as well," said Sir Nicholas Kay, former UK ambassador to Sudan, now Senior Advisor...