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Wars drive Africa’s economic strain, hunger and displacement, UN warns
Ziggy Ojiegbe The United Nations has warned that escalating conflicts across parts of Africa and the Middle East are deepening economic hardship, fuelling hunger and driving mass displacement, with civilians bearing the heaviest burden. UN Secretary-General António Guterres remains gravely…
UN Report details mass killings, rapes at Sudan’s refugee camp
More than 1,000 civilians were killed during a three-day attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam displacement camp in April, according to a report released Thursday by the UN Human Rights Office. The paramilitary group stormed the…
Epidemic, more deaths likely in Sudan as services collapse, fighters overrun disease lab
The World Health Organization (WHO) expects “many more” deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks of disease and a lack of essential services amid fighting, its director general said on Wednesday. Battles between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
