ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that 58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency’s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.
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.
(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.
IDLIB, Syria, Apr 17 2025 (IPS)* – The Syrian war has left countless Syrians with devastating injuries, ranging from limb amputations and burns to the loss of sensory functions.
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Salem Diab experiences many difficulties since he lost his leg during the Syrian civil war. Credit: Sonia al-Ali/IPS
These injuries have profoundly impacted their lives, compounded by the limited attention and support they receive from civil society organizations.
Salam al-Hassan, 43, from Saraqib, south of Idlib city, lost both her legs in 2023 when a warplane missile exploded nearby.
(UN News)* —The situation in Haiti represents “one of the most complex and urgent crises in the world with implications for regional and global stability,” said Amy Pope, Director General of International Organisation for Migration (IOM), speaking to journalists in New York on Wednesday .
As heavily armed gangs expand their control and public institutions are facing intense pressure, delivering humanitarian aid on the ground is becoming harder as funding is dwindling.
(UN News)* — Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on said.
PORTLAND, USA, Apr 15 2025 (IPS)* –As the world’s population of 8.2 billion people increases in size and becomes older due to demographic ageing, the number of people experiencing the long goodbye, or dementia, is rapidly rising.
Despite the global rise in dementia, people living with the condition should continue to enjoy the same human rights as everyone else — including the rights to dignity, autonomy, and participation in decisions about their lives. Credit: Shutterstock
Millions of displaced Sudanese struggle for survival as conflict and hunger grip South Kordofan
Illustrations to depict the testimonies of people who have fled to Sudan’s Nuba mountains in search of safety from the ongoing conflict, March 2025.
8 April 2025 — “The morning of the attack I was at home and my mother was sick. We ran to escape with my children. I carried my mother on a donkey cart as she could not walk,” says a displaced woman living in Sudan’s Nuba mountains.
“When we were near the mountains, we stopped to bury her. My two brothers were shot and killed during the escape.”
Sudan, 15 April 2025 – Most people know her as Mama Nour (Light in Arabic), a name that perfectly embodies her spirit. Nour Hussein Al Sewaty Mohammed has devoted her life to bringing hope and light to countless women and children in Sudan who have faced unimaginable hardships, even amid Sudan’s ongoing war.
Mama Nour, an orphan herself, now advocates for single mothers and children without parental care in Sudan. Photo: IOM Sudan 2025/Omer Hagali
Mama Nour’s journey began in the shadows of her own childhood. Orphaned at a young age, she grew up in Maygoma, Sudan’s largest orphanage located in the capital, Khartoum.
(UN News)* —Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape.
“With no viable peace in sight, the Sudanese are trapped in a humanitarian crisis of industrial proportions,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.
“Two out of three people need aid, that’s 30 million people…This, of course, demands a massive ramp-up of international support; what we see instead is donors pulling back funding across the world.”
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Illustrations to depict the testimonies of people who have fled to Sudan’s Nuba mountains in search of safety from the ongoing conflict, March 2025.
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