UN urges immediate action as Sudan faces humanitarian crisis

As the humanitarian crisis grows in Sudan, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs calls for immediate action. By Nathan Morley The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has called for urgent action to …

Half a million at risk in Sudan as World Food Programme halts aid in famine hit displacement camp

THE United Nations food agency said that it has paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country’s warring sides, and it warns that thousands could now starve. The …

UN condemns RSF's parallel government in Sudan as 'hellscape' emerges

Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned the creation of a parallel government in Sudan by the militia group, Rapid Support Forces, and its allies. A UN envoy told them that “relentless conflicts [had] turned Sudan into a hellscape”. The 15 …

Two million people suffer famine in Sudan

More than half of Sudan’s population, about 25 million people, suffer from acute food insecurity in the nation that is approaching its third year of civil war, according to the United Nations agency. WFP was forced to suspend operations in one of the …

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 70 in a week

Risk of mass starvation in ‘powder keg’ Sudan, UN warns

War erupted in April 2023 amid a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule, triggering the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis. Already, famine …

Sudan facing 'abyss' unless war ends: UN

Sudan is facing the abyss and potentially hundreds of thousands of deaths unless the devastating war in the country ends and aid pours in, the United Nations warned Thursday. UN human rights chief Volker Turk painted a bleak outlook for Sudan, where famine …

Sudan: UN warns of mass deaths from famine

The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Türk, on Thursday warned of the risk of a further escalation of the war in Sudan, stating that there was a growing risk of deaths from starvation on a wide scale. The warning came a day after the UN World Food …

Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan

Despite the noise and bustle of classmates packing up, nine-year-old Wisam is focused on the picture she is bringing to life from her desk. When she’s finished, she puts her beloved pencils back into her bag. The supplies in her new backpack are a constant …

Without USAID, My Neighbors in Sudan are Starving

When I was forced to leave my home near Khartoum, I went first to northern Sudan as a displaced person, then to Cairo as a refugee, and then to the United States of America. In this country, I breathed the true meaning of tolerance, freedom, and acceptance …