News Monitor
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.
These attacks have continued in recent months, despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders. MSF has now taken the very difficult decision to suspend all medical activities in the hospital.
Between July and September 2024, the UN documented 206 incidents affecting 792 civilians, of which 299 were killed, 310 injured, 151 abducted and 32 subjected to conflict-related sexual violence.
Approximately 11,532,822 IDPs were registered by December, spurred by 389 incidents that triggered sudden displacement, including attacks and natural hazards.
Overcrowded displacement sites, insufficient access to safe water and sanitation facilities, compounded by the effects of heavy rains and flooding, remain the primary drivers of the outbreak.
Research found around 103 million school-aged children living in 34 of the countries classified by the World Bank as conflict-affected or fragile missed out on education in 2024.
āThe communityās cooperation and determination were essential to achieving this,ā says Marwan Taher, MSFās project coordinator in Rokero. Malnutrition and other health issues must be addressed.
UNHCR has scaled up its response to address the rapidly growing needs of those newly arrived. Some 60,000 refugees have received critical relief items including mattresses, blankets and personal hygiene kits.
UNHCR has scaled up its response to address the rapidly growing needs of those newly arrived. Some 60,000 refugees have received critical relief items including mattresses, blankets and personal hygiene kits.
Twenty months into the conflict, Sudan faces a deepening famine crisis with widespread starvation and rising acute malnutrition. The IPC has identified famine in five areas and predicts five more will face famine by May 2025.
Since December, fighting near the border has caused a drastic surge in arrivals from Sudan. Since April 2023, over 900,000 people have fled to South Sudan, which now hosts 506,000 refugees, with 150,000 more expected in 2025.
To control the outbreak and protect vulnerable lives, MSF launched a vaccination campaign that reached 9,634 children, primarily vaccinating children aged 6-59 months who are most at risk of complications.
Women and girls were subjected to arbitrary and unlawful arrests largely for refusing arranged marriages, seeking divorce, in patterns of abuse reinforcing the use of gender as an instrument of control.
The protracted crisis in South Sudan is deepened by conflict, extreme effects of climate change, disease outbreaks, economic crisis and the impact of the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Sudan.
The UN Human Rights Office is alarmed by attacks on markets and civilian infrastructure in North Darfur and Khartoum, which claimed at least 64 civilians this week, amid escalating conflict in Sudan.
The UN Human Rights Office is alarmed by attacks on markets and civilian infrastructure in North Darfur and Khartoum, which claimed at least 64 civilians this week, amid escalating conflict in Sudan.