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Five million are at risk of starvation in Sudan
Updated 04.28 | Published 04.20 share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Refugee camp in the Ethiopian Amhara region, about 70 kilometers from the border with Sudan. Stock image from 1 March.…
no truce on the horizon for the start of Ramadan as fighting intensifies
In Sudan, there is no truce for the start of Ramadan, this Monday, March 11. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, reiterated on Monday his call for…
Tensions between Sudan and Chad before the UN Security Council
Before the Security Council, during the session devoted to the situation in Sudan, tensions were felt between Sudan and Chad. Some delegations expressed concern about the closure of the border…
“There was war everywhere”, the moving testimony of Rehema, a refugee in Nakivale in Uganda
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the east of the country has been plagued by armed conflicts for almost thirty years. In recent years in particular the province of…
The UN calls on Sudan for a ceasefire during Ramadan
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Sudanese on the run in Sennar state in south-eastern Sudan in February. Archive image. Photo: Ahmed Omer/Nrc/Handout The UN Security Council calls in a resolution…
In Sudan, the border between Chad and Darfur still closed to humanitarian aid
Last Friday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, again urged the two enemy generals, Hemetti and Al-Burhan, to let humanitarian aid pass. 2 mins The Sudanese…
In the United States, the appointment of a special envoy for Sudan is controversial
The State Department’s nomination on Monday of Tom Perriello to serve as special envoy to Sudan is a matter of debate. A former diplomat in the Great Lakes and particularly…
UN condemns “appalling violations” committed by both camps
The UN human rights chief on Friday condemned “appalling violations and abuses” committed by Sudan’s warring army and paramilitaries. The situation in the country will be discussed during the 55th…
refugees in Chad are suffering “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, according to an NGO
In eastern Chad, the humanitarian situation for Sudanese refugees is not improving. According to the International Organization for Migration, nearly 700,000 people have crossed the border in 10 months of…
WHO warns of risk of ‘catastrophic’ famine in Sudan
In the tenth month of the war between General al-Burhan’s army and General Hemedti’s Rapid Support Forces, 18 million Sudanese are facing acute food insecurity. 1 min The representative of…