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By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN on Tuesday has expressed grave alarm over escalating hostilities, particularly in North Darfur as the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is growing as rival militaries continue to battle for control of Sudan.…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - World Food Programme on Tuesday warned that “The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 million young children at risk of acute malnutrition. Somalia faced famine…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians on Friday warned that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks inside the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur. WFP confirmed that it has had to pause the distribution…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN chief António Guterres expressed deep concern after the announcement by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces militia and affiliated groups of a political charter proposing the establishment of a rival governing…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday launched an appeal for $6 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan as 1 in 2 people in Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is taking…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – World food programme in a=n alert on Monday said that a UN aid convoy is on its way to southern Sudan to the strategically important city of Wad Madani, provided food and nutrition supplies for families at…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN agencies has reported on Friday that lifesaving efforts by UN humanitarians and partners to distribute food and agricultural aid in Sudan reached millions last year, but needs are only growing. World…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN-backed food security assessment released on Tuesday has found that Sudan is facing a broader famine crisis, with widespread starvation, surged acute malnutrition and mass displacement exacerbating an…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN aid coordination office on Monday has warned that Sudan towns and cities has devastated and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are rising and hunger…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN independent experts warned on Thursday that 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians are facing severe levels of hunger, accused Government troops and their rival Rapid Support…