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DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger

The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform.“The humanitarian situation in the DRC is deteriorating at an alarming...

29 March 2025 · 4 min read

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Sudan war: Displacement figures fall for first time

However, the country remains in the grip of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with millions facing famine, disease and insecurity.IOM data shows that between December last year and...

28 March 2025 · 3 min read

UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis
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UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis

The arrest of First Vice President and main opposition leader Riek Machar, alongside mounting military clashes and reported attacks on civilian populations, signals a severe unravelling of the peace process...

27 March 2025 · 3 min read

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Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks

And as supplies of food, medicine and other supplies run low, aid teams are increasingly concerned about growing anxiety in bread lines outside the enclave’s remaining bakeries.“Most attempts by humanitarian organizations to...

27 March 2025 · 3 min read

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Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss 

Ten years. That’s how long Yemenis have been putting their lives on hold – through airstrikes, through hunger, through loss. A decade of war has left Yemen’s infrastructure in ruins...

27 March 2025 · 4 min read

Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market
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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market

Volker Türk issued a statement on Wednesday saying he was deeply shocked by reports that hundreds of civilians were killed, and scores injured, in the 24 March strikes on a...

26 March 2025 · 4 min read