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‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher

·August 13, 2025·2 min read

At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the Abu Shouk displacement camp on the outskirts of the city, and UN human rights office, OHCHR, is also following up on allegations of summary executions there. “It is with dismay that we yet again witness an unimaginable...

Sudan: UN ‘deeply alarmed’ by major attack on besieged El Fasher

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·August 13, 2025·1 min read

Monday’s attack left 40 civilians dead and 19 injured within Abu Shouk, according to humanitarian partners. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that the renewed violence forced at least 500 residents of the camp to flee to other parts of North Darfur. Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Sheldon Yett,...

Sudan: UN rights chief appeals for greater protection of civilians in besieged El Fasher

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·May 2, 2025·1 min read

“The horror unfolding in Sudan knows no bounds,” Volker Türk said in a statement calling for an end to the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and former ally the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its third year. He noted that three days ago, the RSF launched coordinated...

Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north

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·November 4, 2024·2 min read

Richard Peeperkorn of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said the target was to reach all children in the north with the second and final dose. “We covered many more children than we expected, but we missed some,” he said during a briefing via videolink for...

Besieged Gaza hospital misery continues while rainfall prompts new health scare

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·November 14, 2023·2 min read

“Rain will just add further to the suffering” of people in the Strip, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva, at a time when disruptions in sewage pumping and water shortages have caused a spike in waterborne diseases and bacterial infections. The World Health Organization warned last week that since...