World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues

The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153421
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World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues
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Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence

Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence

19 Aug 2024

On Monday, UN authorities in Sudan confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been approved to cross the border from Chad through the Adre crossing.

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World News in Brief: Sudan aid latest, toxic air in Pakistan, Ukraine and Syria updates

World News in Brief: Sudan aid latest, toxic air in Pakistan, Ukraine and Syria updates

11 Nov 2024

A convoy of trucks from the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday crossed into war-torn Sudan from Chad through the crucial Adre crossing, headed for Zamzam IDP Camp in North Darfur where famine conditions have already been confirmed. 

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Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’

Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’

05 Apr 2024

Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a “hunger catastrophe”, after nearly a year of heavy fighting.