DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding
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UN aid agencies are struggling to access provinces overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebel fighters at…

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DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding

Genocide prevention expert raises alarm over alleged Sudan atrocity crimes
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“We see massive violations of international human rights law, direct attacks on civilians, noncompliance with…

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Genocide prevention expert raises alarm over alleged Sudan atrocity crimes

Sudan war and political uncertainty block progress on Abyei peace talks
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Relations between the neighbouring countries remain deeply affected by the war in Sudan, where the national army and former allies, the Rapid Support…

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Sudan war and political uncertainty block progress on Abyei peace talks

Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere
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Although food security has begun to improve in areas where fighting has subsided, famine has…

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Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere

Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher
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Since the powerful paramilitary group made a major incursion into the city last week, the…

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Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher

‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls
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Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, the UN’s top relief official Tom Fletcher said “women…

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‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls

South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn
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Addressing the UN General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan highlighted escalating…

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South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn

‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher
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Senior UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in Sudan, Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet, said there had been…

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‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher

Risk of large-scale atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher grows ‘by the day’
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The agency has received reports of summary executions of civilians trying to escape what was the…

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Risk of large-scale atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher grows ‘by the day’

Giving birth in the shadow of Sudan’s war
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In the heart of Sudan’s White Nile State, to the south of the country’s capital,…

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Giving birth in the shadow of Sudan’s war