World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline

World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline

Thousands of families continue to be displaced and forced across borders into Chad and South Sudan each week while fighting between Government forces and the powerful RSF militia, which erupted last April, continues. WFP Regional Director Michael Dunford said the crisis impacting Sudan, South Sudan and Chad has created “the world’s largest displacement crisis”. Acute…

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Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict

Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict

Since the crisis began when rival military groups clashed in mid-April, projections of growing numbers of people trying to escape fighting have sharply spiked upwards. “The crisis has triggered an urgent demand for humanitarian assistance, as those arriving in remote border areas find themselves in desperate circumstances due to inadequate services, poor infrastructure and limited…

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Last Friday of 1444 Hijri, millions of people attended the prayer in the Haram Sharifeen

Last Friday of 1444 Hijri, millions of people attended the prayer in the Haram Sharifeen

The surrounding streets, including Masjid al-Haram, were also full of worshippers: Photo: Social Media Mecca: On the last Friday of the Islamic year 1444 Hijri, millions of children of Tawheed, including pilgrims, performed Friday prayers in Masjid al-Haram and Masjid Nabawi (peace be upon him). According to Arab media, Hani Haider, spokesperson of the Haramin…

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The former Prime Minister of Italy left a fortune worth millions to his girlfriend

The former Prime Minister of Italy left a fortune worth millions to his girlfriend

Photo courtesy of Foreign Media Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died last month, left a fortune worth millions to his 33-year-old girlfriend. According to a foreign news agency, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left 100 million euros to his girlfriend Marta Fassina in his will. According to media reports, the total…

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Scientists have developed super banana to save millions of lives

Scientists have developed super banana to save millions of lives

An international team of scientists has created a genetically modified super banana that is significantly more nutritious, especially rich in vitamin A, and could save millions of lives. A team of scientists from Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Laboratories, in collaboration with Australian agricultural scientist James Dale and the Bill and Melinda Foundation, have created this…

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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

The agency’s emergency food and nutrition assistance operation in the Sahel began in June, focussing on refugees, newly displaced people, malnourished children under five, pregnant women and breastfeeding women and girls. © WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo A mother gives her 10-month-old daughter porridge in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, where WFP is providing assistance to…

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