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Sudan war leaves millions hungry and displaced as health system nears collapse

·January 12, 2026·4 min read

UN agencies warn that nearly three years of sustained violence, restricted humanitarian access and shrinking funding have pushed Sudan into what they describe as the largest humanitarian emergency in the world. An estimated 33.7 million people – around two thirds of the population – are expected to need humanitarian assistance...

‘Do not give up on children’: Displaced by violence, a Haitian girl finds hope at school

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·January 3, 2026·4 min read

A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika was living peacefully with her family before armed violence and insecurity forced them to flee. “We had to leave our...

DR Congo: Displaced people in South Kivu close to ‘utter desperation’, WFP says

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·December 24, 2025·1 min read

That’s according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which announced on Tuesday that it is scaling up to deliver aid to more than 210,000 people displaced by the violence after a new offensive by armed group M23 reignited hostilities earlier this month. “This hunger crisis risks spiraling without urgent action,” said Cynthia Jones, WFP Country Director for the...

Mozambique’s displaced facing massive needs as attacks intensify

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·December 5, 2025·1 min read

According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 107,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks, pushing total displacement in just the past four months to 330,000. “They barely had time to recover when they again had to leave, due to attacks or fear of attacks,” said Paola Emerson,...

UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages

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·October 24, 2025·1 min read

Since the ceasefire on 10 October, the UN migration agency IOM has dispatched more than 47,000 relief items, including 2,500 tents, to help families rebuild amid devastation. “People in Gaza have endured unimaginable loss,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope. Shelter ‘not a luxury’ “Shelter isn’t a luxury; it allows...

World News in Brief: ICJ on Gaza, ‘a rare, good day’ for nuclear safety in Ukraine, Nigeria’s internally displaced

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·October 24, 2025·2 min read

The UN World Court concluded that Israel must also protect relief and medical personnel, prohibit starvation as a method of war and cooperate with the United Nations, among other obligations. In remarks issued by the UN Spokesperson, Mr. Guterres urged Israel to comply with its obligations in relation to the UN...

Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence

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·July 20, 2025·4 min read

The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet. Once a place of learning, it now echoes with the sounds of babies crying, water containers clanking, and voices murmuring through the night. Over 700 people displaced by violence are crammed into the crumbling...

From Syria, UN refugee chief calls for greater solidarity with displaced people

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·June 21, 2025·1 min read

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, sounded the alarm on Friday, World Refugee Day, in a message from Syria. He said the abject failure to end conflicts – including in Sudan, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gaza – continues to create immense suffering. Difficulty seeking...

DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing

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·June 13, 2025·1 min read

Since the beginning of the year, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have swept across eastern DRC, taking key cities including Goma and Bukavu. The violence has displaced more than one million people in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. Speaking from the village of Sake in North Kivu, UNDP Resident Representative...

Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk

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·May 22, 2025·2 min read

Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, gang violence has permeated the capital Port-au-Prince and expanded into other regions, displacing over one million people. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than half of the displaced are children, meaning one in eight Haitian children has been...

Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters

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·May 14, 2025·1 min read

“These figures are a clear warning: without bold and coordinated action, the number of people displaced within their own countries will continue to grow rapidly,” said Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration. The recent rise in conflicts worldwide – particularly in Sudan, the Republic of the Congo,...

Haiti: Displaced families grapple with death ‘from the inside’ and out

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·May 9, 2025·3 min read

In March, the family fled the gangs again – this time to Boucan-Carré where Leineda’s treatments were put on hold: “Sometimes, we suffer from silent illnesses that destroy us from the inside,” Christiana said. Gangs on the march In the past few months, armed gangs in Haiti have been expanding...