Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows

The UN and humanitarian partners continue to scale up the aid response for the millions in need across Sudan on Tuesday, as news reports described heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum and neighbouring areas between the national army and rival RSF militia https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/05/1136717

UN humanitarians will return to Khartoum ‘as quickly as possible’: UN aid coordinator

27 Apr 2023

The UN has been forced to essentially halt all aid operations across Sudan due to the continuing fighting between rival militaries, but humanitarians who have re-located to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast are determined to return to Khartoum “as quickly as possible”, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator said on Thursday.

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World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems

World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems

24 Oct 2024

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis continues to deepen, with ongoing fighting between rival militaries displacing millions. 

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World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate change in Iraq

World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate change in Iraq

15 Jan 2024

Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has allocated $10 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support men, women and children fleeing the conflict between rival militaries in Sudan, across the border into neighbouring South Sudan.