Sudan

As the conflict in Sudan approaches 500 days, the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) has confirmed the first famine globally since 2017 in the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons in North Darfur, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. According to the…

As Sudan approaches the 500th day of its devastating civil war, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, with over 18,800 people killed and at least 33,000 injured since April 2023. The conflict, primarily between Sudan’s army led by Gen. Abdel…

Sudan’s Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim has officially declared a cholera outbreak, following laboratory tests confirming the presence of the disease in cases of watery diarrhea, Xinhua reported yesterday. This announcement comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) reports 11,327…

According to a UNICEF spokesperson, the situation for children in Sudan is becoming increasingly dangerous as the ongoing civil war and climate crisis intensify, which could result in the deaths of tens of thousands of children in the coming months.…

A confluence of conflict, economic collapse, and climate shocks has triggered a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale across Sudan and South Sudan, with millions of people on the brink of disaster, reliefweb reported yesterday. In Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

Sudan is on the brink of a catastrophic “breaking point,” with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming, Arab News reported yesterday citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN agency highlighted that ongoing famine and flooding are exacerbating…

The Global Nonviolence Organization, Freemuslim, has issued an urgent appeal to all members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to rescue millions of children in Sudan who are at risk of deadly hunger. In a statement obtained by Shia…

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a dire warning about ongoing famine conditions in parts of Sudan’s Darfur, calling for immediate humanitarian intervention to prevent a worsening crisis. More details in the following report: According to an…

Malnourished children in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam camp face imminent death due to a blockade by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), The Associated Press reported yesterday citing Doctors Without Borders. The RSF has prevented three trucks carrying essential medical supplies from…

At least 23 people were killed and 60 others injured in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, Xinhua reported today. The attack, described as deliberate shelling, targeted…