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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...

Ukraine: Massive overnight attack leaves millions in the dark

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·January 10, 2026·2 min read

Russian forces launched hundreds of drones and several missiles in the capital Kyiv and other cities, including one that can carry nuclear warheads, according to media reports. At least four people were killed in Kyiv, and roughly 25 others injured, while thousands of apartment buildings in the city were left without heat in the cold weather. The victims included a medic who was saving others as part of an emergency...

Syria: Aleppo fighting leaves civilians dead, displaces thousands

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·January 8, 2026·3 min read

Clashes resumed on Tuesday between General Security Forces of the transition Government and the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), following a brief pause after the ceasefire announced in late December 2025. Initial fighting near the Alleramoon roundabout – on the historic city’s western outskirts – spread to the predominantly...

Reported massacre at hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher leaves 460 dead

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·October 30, 2025·2 min read

The World Health Organization says it’s appalled and deeply shocked by reports that 460 patients and their companions have been killed at Saudi Maternity Hospital in the city. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that prior to this latest attack, WHO has verified 285 attacks on healthcare in Sudan with at...

Taliban internet blackout leaves Afghans in limbo while needs surge

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·October 1, 2025·2 min read

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called on Taliban leaders to immediately and fully restore Internet and telecommunications services. “As of yesterday, 1700 hours, we were informed that the telecommunications and fibreoptic connectivity in Afghanistan is going to be suspended until further notice,” said the top UN official...

DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi

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·March 8, 2025·2 min read

“Over 63,000 people now have crossed into the country, Burundi, fleeing atrocities, deadly conflict in parts of eastern DR Congo,” said Faith Kasina, UNHCR Regional Spokesperson for East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes. Amid the largest influx of refugees Burundi has seen in decades because of the hostilities...

US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians

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·February 5, 2025·4 min read

The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars of funding on 24 January by the US administration affecting “nearly all US foreign aid programmes, pending a 90-day review”, said Pio Smith from the UN’s sexual reproductive health agency, UNFPA, briefing journalists in Geneva. ‘Unwavering commitment’ to serve people...

Gang attack in Haiti’s Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead

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·October 5, 2024·1 min read

Among the victims at the hands of the so-called Gran Grif gang were 10 women and three infants. “As the attacks unfolded, gang members reportedly set fire to at least 45 houses and 34 vehicles, forcing a number of residents to flee,” said Thameen Al-Kheetan in a statement released in...

Viet Nam mobilises massive response as Typhoon Yagi leaves a trail of catastrophe

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·September 12, 2024·2 min read

The storm made landfall on Saturday in the country’s north with wind speeds reaching 213 kilometres (133 miles) per hour, causing severe flooding and landslides, and forcing the evacuation of over 50,000 people. As of Wednesday, at least 179 people are reported to have been killed, including children, according to...

Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa

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·September 4, 2024·1 min read

The boat “capsized repeatedly, leaving people clinging to the side of the boat as their family members drowned around them,” Nicola Dell’Arciprete, the UN Children Agency (UNICEF) country coordinator for Italy, said in a statement posted online. The survivors, all male Syrian nationals, told rescuers they had embarked from Libya...

The eerie silence of starvation ‘is deafening, it never leaves you’: UN official

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·August 4, 2023·2 min read

Globally, over 250 million people suffered acute hunger in 2022, the highest in recent years, with about 376,000 people facing famine-like conditions in seven countries – all affected by armed conflict or extreme levels of violence. Another 35 million people are on the edge, Reena Ghelani said. Hunger and conflict...

Violence at refugee camp in Lebanon leaves 11 dead, forces thousands to flee: UNRWA

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·August 1, 2023·1 min read

Eleven people were killed and another 40 were injured, including a staff member with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said Dorothee Klaus, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, citing reports. Two schools operated by the agency sustained damage, and more than 2,000 people were forced to flee in search...