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Sudan: 'Journalists Under Fire' Highlights Crucial Role of Media in Wartime

The United Nations reported that famine is now affecting several areas of Sudan, with 24.6 million people experiencing acute hunger, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Intense fighting has led to the suspension of operations by Médecins Sans Frontières in the Zamzam displacement camp, affecting more than half a million people.
The UN Security Council has been urged to take action to protect civilians and ensure humanitarian assistance amidst rising conflict and violations of international law.
The UN Human Rights Office confirmed reports of war crimes, including summary executions in areas that have changed hands during the conflict.

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Oil Price

Sudan Faces Another Partition as Its Civil War Escalates

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The civil war in Sudan has escalated significantly this week, as arms continue to flow from external actors to feed the intensification. Talk is now of another partition–a notion that appears to be gaining traction among warring parties who are desperately looking for the exit after 22 months of war. Chad, Egypt, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Russia, Somalia, Puntland, Somaliland, Turkey (again) and the UAE are all contrib…

23 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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jurist.org

UN human rights chief warns of Sudan famine crisis amid paramilitary conflict

The UN warned Thursday that Sudan is facing famine after “intense fighting caused the World Food Programme to suspend operations in North Darfur.” “Five more areas could face famine in the next three months, and a further 17 are at risk.” warned the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, in a speech in Geneva. “An estimated 8.8 million people have been forced from their homes to camps and other locations within Sudan, and 3.5 million mor…

1 day ago

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allAfrica

Sudan: 'Journalists Under Fire' Highlights Crucial Role of Media in Wartime

Geneva -- As the media landscape in Sudan continues to deteriorate amid ongoing hostilities that have persisted throughout 2024, with an alarming surge in violence against journalists, delegates at 'Journalists Under Fire', a high-level side event to the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday, heard from several speakers the profound importance of independent media, not only to keep the world appraised of the ongoing hum…

1 day ago·South Africa

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Telesur

UN Warns of Worsening Humanitarian Crisis and Famine in Sudan - teleSUR English

The United Nations warned on Wednesday that the “already catastrophic situation” in Sudan has worsened since the last Security Council briefing, with famine now a grim reality in several regions of the country. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), nearly two years of conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have caused immense suffering, turning parts of the countr…

2 days ago·Caracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

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Anadolu Ajansı

UN rights chief warns of worsening crisis in Sudan, calls for urgent action

'Sudan is a powder keg, on the verge of a further explosion into chaos, and at increasing risk of atrocity crimes and mass deaths from famine,' says Volker Turk - Anadolu Ajansı

2 days ago·Ankara, Türkiye

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