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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization issued an urgent plea Tuesday for $1 billion to tackle the planet's most catastrophic health crises in 2026, cautioning that financial shortfalls have already forced thousands of medical centers to close...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) launched an emergency funding appeal Tuesday seeking $1 billion to combat the globe's deadliest health crises throughout 2026, warning that budget reductions have already shuttered thousands of medical...

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(MENAFN) The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) declared Thursday that Sudan has surpassed all nations to become the globe's most severe internal displacement catastrophe, with approximately 9.5 million people forcibly displaced across 18 states during...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese human rights organization alleged on Tuesday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) moved hundreds of civilians and captured soldiers from El-Fasher in North Darfur to detention facilities in Nyala, the capital of...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese human rights organization on Tuesday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of relocating hundreds of detained civilians and captured soldiers from El-Fasher in North Darfur to prisons in Nyala, the administrative...

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(MENAFN) Armed conflict in Sudan's Kordofan region has forced more than 88,000 individuals from their homes over recent months, the United Nations cautioned Wednesday, as humanitarian workers struggle against severe access restrictions while...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations issued a warning on Wednesday that ongoing clashes in Sudan’s Kordofan region have forced over 88,000 people to flee their homes in recent months.

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(MENAFN) The UN reported on Wednesday that ongoing fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region has forced more than 88,000 people to flee their homes in recent months, while humanitarian access remains severely limited and civilians face worsening...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Overview of the humanitarian situation Since mid-April 2023, the conflict in Sudan has forced over 12 million people from their homes – the highest displacement figure ever recorded for a single country.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s UN ambassador in Geneva on Tuesday described the situation in El-Fasher as genocidal, warning that civilians are facing famine-like conditions due to the blockade imposed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "The humane tragedy...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of accumulating numerous corpses inside residences in Bara city, located in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has leveled serious accusations against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday, alleging the militia is imprisoning thousands of civilians within El-Fasher, North Darfur's capital, while...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced they had arrested several members accused of abuses following their capture of El Fasher, as the United Nations demanded urgent investigation into reports of mass killings, sexual...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reportedly holding six healthcare workers in the city of Al-Fashir, demanding a ransom of $1 million for their release, according to statements from a local doctors’ network.

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(MENAFN) Emerging reports of large-scale killings in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher have led human rights and aid groups to describe the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the national army as a "continuation...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — widely known as Hemedti — has acknowledged that his troops committed “some violations” against civilians during the recent capture of Al-Fashir, the capital of...

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Pursuant to its protection mandate, the ICRC wishes to remind all parties to the conflict that civilians and all those who no longer take part in the hostilities must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL). The ICRC...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday pledged to reclaim El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after his forces withdrew from the city, which has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since...

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Geneva (ICRC) – For over two and a half years, civilians in Al Fasher have been trapped in a besieged city where they have endured relentless fighting and an extreme deprivation of food, medical care and the essentials for survival.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claim to have captured the army’s headquarters in Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under blockade for over a year.