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Treacherous Roads Hamper UN Aid Delivery in South Sudan

Treacherous Roads Hamper UN Aid Delivery in South Sudan

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Humanitarian operations in South Sudan are facing severe disruptions as deteriorating road conditions prevent UN convoys from delivering essential aid to vulnerable communities across the country. The state of the transport network has emerged as a critical factor in determining whether food reaches local markets, whether patients can access medical facilities, and whether relief supplies […]

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UN Moves Early to Shield Thousands in South Sudan as Drought Threat Looms in Eastern Equatoria

UN Moves Early to Shield Thousands in South Sudan as Drought Threat Looms in Eastern Equatoria

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The United Nations has launched a pre-emptive humanitarian operation in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state, aiming to shield thousands of vulnerable residents from an intensifying drought before the most severe impacts take hold. The initiative reflects a growing recognition among aid agencies that early action can be both more effective and less costly than emergency

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UN Raises Alarm Over 'Siege-Like Conditions' in Sudan's El-Obeid

UN Raises Alarm Over ‘Siege-Like Conditions’ in Sudan’s El-Obeid

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El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state in central Sudan, has been under what the United Nations human rights chief described as “siege-like conditions” for approximately 18 months, raising fresh concerns about a potential humanitarian catastrophe in one of the key front-line cities of Sudan’s protracted civil war. A city under pressure El-Obeid has long

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UN Warns Sexual Violence in Sudan Has Reached Unprecedented Levels as Tool of War

UN Warns Sexual Violence in Sudan Has Reached Unprecedented Levels as Tool of War

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United Nations officials have raised fresh alarm over the systematic use of sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict, warning that the scale and brutality of attacks against civilians have reached levels not previously documented. According to the UN, these crimes are being deployed deliberately to instil fear and break apart communities, rather than occurring as

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Famine Looms as 7.8 Million Face Acute Hunger in South Sudan

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The United Nations has sounded the alarm on an impending humanitarian catastrophe in South Sudan, warning that nearly eight million people—equivalent to 56 percent of the country’s population—now face acute food insecurity as conflict, displacement, and economic collapse converge to push the world’s youngest nation toward famine. The stark figures were released Tuesday in a

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