Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams

Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians

Mr. Griffiths said that the conflict spelled trauma for Sudan’s youth and cited “deeply disturbing” reports that some children were being used in the fighting.  He also warned that hundreds of thousands of children in the country were severely malnourished and “at imminent risk of death” if left untreated. Those children were particularly vulnerable to…

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More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF

More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF

Fighting between the Sudanese Army and military rival the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted in April, has displaced 1.7 million children within the country while more than 470,000 have fled across the border to safety.  Urgent response needed  Given these numbers, and that countless more children are trapped by the violence,  “the urgency of our collective response…

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Security Council hears of ‘unimaginable suffering’ of Ukrainian people, 18 months into war

Security Council hears of ‘unimaginable suffering’ of Ukrainian people, 18 months into war

Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, was briefing a meeting of the Security Council, which also coincided with the 32nd anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. “I would like to congratulate the Ukrainian people today and take this occasion to stress, once again, that the UN’s commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity…

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We believe Russia will lose this war now, Zelensky

We believe Russia will lose this war now, Zelensky

Ukrainian President Zelensky has expressed confidence that we will defeat Russia after acquiring American F-16 fighter jets. Speaking at a public gathering outside the Danish parliament in Denmark, Zelenskiy said that after the US-made F-16 fighter jets promise, he believes that Ukraine’s forces can respond effectively to Russian attacks, and today we believe that Russia…

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Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official

Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official

“There needs to be a negotiated solution to end this war as soon as possible.  There is no other alternative,” said Martha Pobee, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, whose portfolio covers both political and peacebuilding affairs. “The longer this war continues, the greater the risk of fragmentation, and foreign interference and erosion of sovereignty,…

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‘Increasingly brazen’ war crimes evident in Myanmar, reports Independent Mechanism

‘Increasingly brazen’ war crimes evident in Myanmar, reports Independent Mechanism

These include indiscriminate attacks on civilians from aerial bombing, mass executions of civilians and detained combatants, and large-scale and intentional burning of civilian homes and buildings, resulting in the destruction of entire villages in some cases, the Mechanism said in a news release. “Every loss of life in Myanmar is tragic, but the devastation caused…

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