Archive for June 26th, 2024

26/06/2024

As Sudan War Drags On, Millions Still Languish in Displacement Camps

Human Wrongs Watch

By Moulid Hujale in Kosti, Sudan, and Funmi Osibona and Reason Runyanga in South Sudan

With no end to the violence in Sudan, nearly 2 million people have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries including South Sudan, where at least 1,000 people still cross the border daily.

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Nyapuot Riak Dup, a South Soudanese refugee displaced from Omdurman city in Sudan, is one of 440,000 people now living in Alagaya camp in Sudan’s White Nile State. © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno


24 June 2024 (UNHCR)* — Nyapuot Riak Dup recalls the fateful day last April when a piece of shrapnel ripped through her house in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman and smashed a hole through the floor near where she was hiding.

26/06/2024

When U.S. Officials Show You Who They Are, Believe Them

Human Wrongs Watch

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 21 2024 (IPS)* – “When someone shows you who they are,” Maya Angelou said, “believe them the first time.” That should apply to foreign-policy elites who show you who they are, time after time.
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© UNICEF/Tess Ingram Parts of the city of Khan Younis are now almost unrecognizable after more than eight months of intense bombardment, UN officers report. Credit: UNICEF/Tess Ingram

Officials running the Pentagon and State Department have been in overdrive for more than 250 days in support of Israel’s ongoing slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

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26/06/2024

New Famine Alert for Gaza Where Families Go Entire Days Without Food

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday [25 June 2024] that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”.

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A woman cooks bread in an oven in the Gaza Strip.
© UNRWA | A woman cooks bread in an oven in the Gaza Strip.
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According to the latest UN-partnered IPC report on hunger levels, 96 per cent of the population – some 2.15 million people – face acute food insecurity at “crisis” level or higher.