The deadly conflict that has rocked Sudan for more than two years has forced over 4 million people to flee their country. Ensuring safe humanitarian access is essential to allow aid to reach vulnerable populations. Since April 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a brutal conflict between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces. […]
Over 1.2 million Sudanese refugees in Chad are facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, as the ADH urges urgent international action to fund aid, protect civilians, and support host communities. Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, more than 13 million people have been displaced within the country and across its borders. Nearly […]
The hunger crisis in the DRC is reaching a critical level, requiring urgent humanitarian action. Addressing this crisis requires urgent efforts to increase humanitarian funding, secure access to aid, support local livelihoods, and mobilize the international community. The ongoing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is exacerbating a major humanitarian crisis. […]
Across Africa, millions of lives are threatened by hunger, driven by a lack of resources, peace, and international support. Ethiopia is now approaching a critical juncture. As famine continues to ravage several regions of the continent, the World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the imminent suspension of its nutritional assistance to 650,000 women and children […]
Sudan is facing a devastating food crisis, with famine spreading rapidly and millions affected as conflict destroys crops, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Sudan risks becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis in recent history as conflict continues to rage across the country, destroying livelihoods, infrastructure, trade routes and supply chains. Famine was first confirmed by the Famine […]
A clear example of human rights violations described in Pramila Patten’s report is related to the border area between Sudan and South Sudan, where women and girls have been targeted for rape, gang rape and abduction on the basis of their ethnicity. The annual report presented by Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual […]
The conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of 580,000 children living in non-government controlled areas and close to the front line in the east of the country, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today, highlighting that 200,000 of them – or one in three – need psychosocial support. “Two years of violence, […]
According to a new report published Wednesday by the UN, More than 9,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in eastern Ukraine in April 2014. The total number of victims stands at least at 9,098 dead and 20,732 wounded, announced Upper UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in its updated quarterly report. This […]