News Monitor

Twenty-three international groups operating in eastern Chad warn that the majority of those refugees and returnees do not have access to the protection and education assistance they direly need.

Attacks on power plants, water stations and dams in Northern State, River Nile, Sennar, White Nile and Gedaref have caused extensive damage and endangered teams operating and maintaining facilities.

For the first time in more than a year, food aid has arrived in a conflict-hit city, Wad Madani. It offers hope but progress is fragile in stopping hunger's spread in isolated and conflict-torn areas.

Many children have been forcibly recruited by armed groups, stripped of their childhood, and girls face heightened risks of sexual violence, with disturbing reports of abduction and abuse.

Since early December, more than 120,000 people have fled the ongoing violence in Blue Nile, White Nile and Sennar states in Sudan, to South Sudan. Dozens of wounded required urgent medical care.

The systems providing essential social services are on the brink of a collapse, said UNICEF. We can invest in rebuilding them and provide lifesaving health and nutrition services amid the conflict.