News Monitor

With increasing numbers of Sudanese refugees in border areas, rising health concerns, escalating security incidents and the impending rainy season, immediate action is needed.

The ongoing violence and lack of access for monitors in Sudan mean that the numbers, while staggering, likely represent only a fraction of the true number of grave violations in the past year.

Nine days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, MSF warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city.

Nine days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting in El Fasher, MSF warns that hospitals continue to be attacked, and that no outside help can reach the city.

Human Rights Watch’s analysis of satellite imagery shows an increase in graves in at least six cemeteries in the city from May 9 to June 12, notably in Abu Shouk camp.

In Chad, WFP aims to reach more than two million people, including refugees, with emergency lean season assistance but with funding tight, especially in South Sudan, it can only support the hungriest.

Growing hunger and limited tools to address the world’s largest displacement crisis are urgent concerns as famine looms, the head of OCHA in the beleaguered African nation said.

Since May 10, El Fasher has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Joint Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Of the three main hospitals, only one remains operational today.

Since May 10, El Fasher has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Joint Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Of the three main hospitals, only one remains operational today.

Ethiopia now hosts more than one million refugees, making it the second largest refugee-hosting country in Africa. Despite this, the Sudan conflict remains one of the IFRC's most underfunded operations.

The first standard allocation of the year comes at a critical time to avert a further deterioration of living conditions for the people benefitting from the support.

The agency is scaling up to provide life-saving food aid to another five million people by year-end. Hunger is deepening in Sudan and in neighbouring countries to which millions of people have fled.

Roughly 70% of those displaced are now trying to survive in places that are at risk of famine. The upcoming rainy season will complicate humanitarian access and may lead to climate disasters and disease.

"We need to ... shift from responding to crises after they occur to more proactive approaches, prevention and resilience building to help vulnerable communities cope with upcoming shocks" - FAO chief.

“We have a cohort of more than 600 patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV, and many of them tell us that they can no longer follow the treatment properly because of the lack of food,” - MSF team leader.

Child malnutrition in Sudan is at emergency levels. In Central Darfur, acute malnutrition is estimated to be at 15.6 percent among children under five, while in ZamZam camp it is close to 30%.

The Education Cluster warns Sudan is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world, with the majority of schools closed, leaving more than 18 million children out of school for over a year.

At least 58 civilians are reported to have been killed and 213 others injured in El-Fasher since fighting dramatically escalated in the North Darfur town last week.

Uganda hosts the most refugees and asylum-seekers in Africa, with almost 1.7 million people mainly from South Sudan and DRC, yet it was among UNHCR’s 13 top underfunded operations in 2023.

At least five million people face starvation as the rainy season risks rendering transport routes inaccessible, civilians are trapped by intensified fighting, and the lean season hits.