UN Provides Life-Saving Assistance To Civilians InSaturday, May 10, 2025
United Nations humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide life-saving assistance for civilians recently displaced by intensifying violence in North Darfur state. The UN estimates that in the past few weeks, over 330,000 people have fled into Tawila after ...
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Port Sudan: Aid Officials Call For Greater Protection As Drone Attacks ContinueWednesday, May 7, 2025
The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a surge in drone strikes, including in Port Sudan mdash; the vital hub and lifeline for humanitarian aid. The escalation is occurring as war grinds on between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support ... |
Exhausted Sudanese Flee Into Chad As Fighting EscalatesWednesday, May 7, 2025
Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid teams said on Tuesday. This is happening as a third day of drone strikes ripped into the city of Port Sudan. Nearly 20,000 people ndash; mainly traumatized women and children ndas ... |
Sudan Drone Attacks Raise Fears For Civilian Safety And Aid EffortsTuesday, May 6, 2025
The United Nations has sounded the alarm over escalating violence in Sudan following drone strikes near Port Sudan airport reportedly carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). ldquo;These attacks appear to be the latest in a series of retaliatory military operations, conducted ... |
The Stakes Of Stripping Climate From UN Peacekeeping In South SudanMonday, April 28, 2025
On 30 April, the UN Security Council is set to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a peacekeeping operation established in 2011 to support the world rsquo;s newest country immediately after its independence. During a period of wavering backing for UN peacekeeping operatio ... |
Hundreds Killed In Sudan’s Camps For Displaced PeopleFriday, April 25, 2025
The United Nations (UN) has affirmed that hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan rsquo;s Darfur region. The renewed incidents of violent attacks have triggered an unpreceden ... |
UN Secretary General Says External Flow Of Weapons Into Sudan Must EndSunday, April 20, 2025
The United Nations Secretary General Ant oacute;nio Guterres has affirmed that the external flow of weapons into Sudan must end, to allow the country to know peace again. The external flow of weapons is fuelling the fratricidal war in Sudan, which erupted two years ago between rival generals who ... |
Rise In Violence Against Civilians In South SudanThursday, April 17, 2025
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has warned of an alarming rise in violence against civilians in the ongoing civil war in the country. Indeed, UNMISS noted that the number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups increased ... |
South Sudan On The Brink As Peace Deal Falters, UN warnsThursday, April 17, 2025
South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a fragile peace deal, amid growing fears of renewed conflict in the world rsquo;s youngest nation, already buckling under a deepening humanitarian crisis. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the UN ... |
Sudan War: ‘darkest Chapters’ Ahead As Darfur Massacre Claims Over 100 LivesMonday, April 14, 2025
As Sudan rsquo;s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its ldquo;darkest chapters rdquo; may still lie ahead, following the massacre of more than 100 people at displacement camps in Darfur over the weekend. The latest attacks, which began on 11 April, sa ... |