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UN warns Sudan's North Darfur faces famine

UN warns Sudan's North Darfur faces famine as supplies cut off by war
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday of famine in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur region. The city has been cut off from humanitarian aid, leaving the remaining population with little choice but to survive on the few supplies still available,
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UN warns besieged Sudan city facing famine as supplies cut off by war
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday of famine in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur region. The city has been cut off from humanitarian aid, leaving the remaining population with little choice but to survive on the few supplies still available,
Sudan's El-Fasher city faces famine as supplies cut off — UN
The UN has warned that "everyone" in the besieged city was under a daily struggle to survive, with food prices soaring and no access to humanitarian aid.
UN expert warns of ‘limited progress’ in Sudan, points to famine risk
A top U.N. human rights expert warned on Tuesday that the situation in Sudan is deteriorating, citing escalating violence, looming famine, and “very limited concrete progress” from authorities on key rights issues since the conflict began.
Thousands in Sudan’s besieged el-Fasher at ‘risk of starvation’, UN warns
North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.
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Why are people in Sudan’s el-Fasher starving?
In el-Fasher, the catastrophic hunger is due to the RSF’s siege as it tries to capture the city, which would give it control ...
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Uganda: Cholera Crisis in North Darfur Puts Over 640,000 Children At Risk, Warns Unicef
The ongoing conflict in North Darfur, Sudan, has triggered a severe public health emergency, with cholera spreading rapidly and threatening the lives of over 640,000 children under the age of five.
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Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and displacement ...
Over 640,000 Children Under Five At Risk As Cholera Spreads In North Darfur
UNICEF said that the lives of more than 640,000 children under five are at heightened risk of violence, disease and hunger.
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Tragedy of North Darfur's Umm Keddada - 'The RSF Killed Our Only Doctor'
Report by Fath Al Rahman Hamouda of Al Taghyeer newspaper for Sudan Media Forum joint newsroomSince the outbreak of the war in Sudan, which has entered its third year, thousands of humanitarian and ...
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Surviving on ambaz in North Darfur – when animal fodder becomes food for people
Ambaz is produced by pressing oilseeds such as peanuts, sesame, or sunflower. It has been used for decades in Sudan as animal ...
‘Bad Things Happen in Darkness’: Sudan’s Civil War Shifts West
Since the Sudanese Army drove its paramilitary rival from the capital in March, the two sides are battling for territorial ...
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14 civilians killed, dozens injured by RSF in Sudan’s North Darfur: Rights group
According to the Emergency Lawyers, an independent human rights watchdog, the RSF committed “a horrific massacre” targeting ...
Sudan’s humanitarian crisis worsens amid escalating violence in Kordofan and Darfur
Fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region and ongoing violence in Darfur have deepened the country’s humanitarian crisis.
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Over 640,000 children under five at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s North Darfur State
More than 1,180 cholera cases – including an estimated 300 cases in children – and at least 20 deaths have been reported in Tawila, North Darfur ...
Hunger mounts, cemeteries grow in Sudan's besieged al-Fashir
Hundreds of thousands of people under siege in the Sudanese army's last holdout in the western Darfur region are running out ...