Archive for January 30th, 2025

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30/01/2025

War in Sudan: Nearly One Million People Forcibly Displaced to Chad

Human Wrongs Watch

By the Norwegian Refugee Council*

In the nearly two years since war broke out in Sudan, almost one million people have fled into neighbouring Chad, including more than 720,000 Sudanese refugees and more than 220,000 Chadians who returned home because of the conflict.

Metche Camp in Chad has become a crucial refuge for Sudanese civilians fleeing the devastating conflict in Darfur. Photo: Karl Schembri/NRC
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Nine out of ten people forced into displacement are women and children and many have endured terrible acts of violence, including torture, rape and sexual slavery.
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Twenty-three international humanitarian organisations 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.

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30/01/2025

Gaza: Growing Risks Posed by Deadly Unexploded Ordnance Such as Landmines, Aircraft Bombs, Mortars, Rockets…

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(UN News)* — As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks posed by unexploded ordnance such as landmines (UXO).

The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict.
© WHO video | The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict.

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30/01/2025

The New Israeli Laws Banning the UN Palestine Refugee Agency ‘Will Heighten Instability, Deepen Despair in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The implementation of new Israeli laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security Council has heard.

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Displaced Palestinians walk through the destruction in Rafah in southern Gaza.
© WFP | Displaced Palestinians walk through the destruction in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Briefing ambassadors in New York on Tuesday [], UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that the laws passed in October last year in the Knesset jeopardize the lives of millions of Palestinians and risks undermining the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.

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