Archive for July 31st, 2023

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31/07/2023

Sexual Violence Stalks Women and Girls Fleeing Sudan for South Sudan

Human Wrongs Watch

MALAKAL, South Sudan, 24 July 2023 (UNFPA)* – “My neighbour Rose* travelled with me to Renk, but her three daughters stayed behind in Khartoum. Later she learned they had been gang raped,” said Martha.*

Every day at the Bulukat transit centre, UNFPA holds sessions on the threat of gender-based violence. Some 85 people attended this one, where they also learned about the services and support available to survivors. © UNFPA Sudan

Martha had recently arrived in the port of Malakal, a key transit point for those fleeing the violence in Sudan and crossing into South Sudan. More than 170,000 returnees and refugees have so far arrived in Malakal since the conflict erupted on 15 April, a number that will only increase if the crisis continues. 

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31/07/2023

Funding Crunch Forces WFP to Halve Food Rations for Refugees amidst Worsening hunger in Malawi

LILONGWE, 24 July 2023 (WFP)* –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to cut assistance to more than 51,000 vulnerable refugees by 50 percent as hunger levels deepen at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi.
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Malawi. Mtendere solar irrigation scheme

Photo: WFP/Badre Bahaji

The refugees, who are mainly from the Great Lakes region, receive monthly WFP cash assistance at the camp – where they face several challenges, including insufficient shelter and inadequate health, water, and sanitation services.

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31/07/2023

UN Refuges Agency Urges Solidarity with Burkina Faso’s Victims of Extremist Violence

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring countries and not sent back, amid a spike in violence and horrifying rights abuses, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday [].

Women and children who have fled violence in Burkina Faso seek help in Côte d'Ivoire.
© UNHCR/Insa Wawa Diatta \ Women and children who have fled violence in Burkina Faso seek help in Côte d’Ivoire.

Speaking in Geneva, Ms. Tan highlighted “killings, forced disappearances, torture and kidnappings”, while in several instances, civilians had been targeted and killed, resulting in mass civilian casualties.

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