PORT SUDAN/AMMAN/NEW YORK, 15 April 2025 (UNICEF)* – As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, the number of children in need of humanitarian assistance has doubled, from 7.8 million at the start of 2023 to more than 15 million today.
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Without urgent action, Sudan’s dire humanitarian crisis could tip into greater catastrophe.
Risk of famine looms as armed violence and economic conditions continue to push families to the brink
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PORT-AU-PRINCE/ NEW YORK, 17 APRIL 2025 (UNICEF)* – Over one million children are facing critical levels of food insecurity in Haiti, UNICEF estimates.
Persistent armed violence, repeated displacement, and lack of sufficient humanitarian access continue to threaten vulnerable families – while the risk of famine looms.
()* — Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday [].
The UN agency is sounding the alarm following the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, which uses a scale from 1 to 5 to assess conditions.
It reveals that more than half the Haitian population, a record 5.7 million people, are projected to experience acute food insecurity through June.
(UN News)* —Libya’s prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between rival governments threatening the calm that has held since the 2020 ceasefire.
Nearly 15 years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and the emergence of rival administrations in 2014, the country remains divided, with the internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) based in Tripoli in the northwest and the Government of National Stability (GNS) in Benghazi in the east.
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