World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus update

A UN aid convoy is on its way in southern Sudan to the strategically important city of Wad Madani, carrying food and nutrition supplies for families at risk of famine.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/01/1159206
Image
World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus update
Image
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.

Image
Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN

Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN

12 Mar 2024

UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for Gaza carrying 200 tonnes of relief supplies but stressed that it was “not a substitute” for overland assistance to Gazans on the verge of famine.

Image
WFP delivers aid to over 800,000 in Sudan

WFP delivers aid to over 800,000 in Sudan

17 Dec 2024

The World Food Programme (WFP) has intensified its emergency response in Sudan, delivering food assistance to more than 800,000 people in famine-affected and at-risk areas, even as conflict continues to escalate across the country.