‘Going backwards’: Landmine treaty enters increasingly perilous territory as key states pull out
Finland, Poland and Ukraine have all moved recently to exit the 1997 Ottawa agreement
Finland, Poland and Ukraine have all moved recently to exit the 1997 Ottawa agreement
Red Sea city is crucial to the flow of humanitarian aid
One of the worst humanitarian crises in the world has now been plunged deeper into an unimaginable hell
Having escaped a war where murder and rape seem systematic, some 1.3 million people from Sudan struggle to meet their daily needs in Chad - while bearing physical and emotional scars
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Maddaloni
SUDAN-POLITICS/BRITAIN (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-EU and Britain boost aid for Sudan at London conference
Millions have been forced to flee their homes and food and medical supplies are dangerously low
RSF has also accelerated drone attacks into army-controlled territory, including an attack on the Atbara power station in the north of the country
This week marks two years of suffering and two years of inaction
US cuts to foreign aid could be ‘a death sentence for millions of people experiencing extreme hunger and starvation’, says World Food Programme
UAE accused of violating the international genocide convention by arming paramilitaries with the aim of wiping out an ethnic group in West Darfur
RSF pushed back from most of Khartoum last week by army in latest development in Sudan’s two-year-old war
Army chief declares capital Khartoum ‘free’ but rival RSF still holds parts of neighbouring Omdurman
United Arab Emirates accused of violating obligations by arming paramilitary group
UN-AID/USA-TRUMP (PIX):UN releases emergency aid reserves after 'brutal' cuts from donors
Khartoum offensive comes as battlefield gains help turn tide of conflict in military’s favour
Vulnerable populations already feeling impact as US president cuts off billions of dollars in US aid
Tánaiste says hunger caused by conflicts is being exacerbated by denial of humanitarian aid by warring parties
Tom Perriello says splitting nation apart would be a disaster for Sudanese people and regional stability
Bashair teaching hospital in Khartoum has treated 314 children under the age of 15 for wounds from gunshots or blasts this year
42 countries have ‘serious’ or ‘alarming’ hunger levels as conflict takes toll
It is vital that renewed international pressure is applied by the UN both for humanitarian access points and for an effective internationally-enforced arms embargo
Humanitarian organisations say hunger is being used as a weapon, with the hunger crisis in country now world’s largest
Sudan’s hunger crisis is world’s largest with more than 25 million people suffering acute food insecurity
What kind of global mindset allows preposterous, insecure leaders in Sudan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and elsewhere to cock their legs on their own populations and the wider world?
Flooding impacts homes of about 50,000 people, UN says
Ongoing civil war has created the world’s largest displacement crisis and killed some 16,000 people
A country torn apart by civil war could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades, experts say
Asylum seekers fleeing conflict in other countries say they are not granted safe passage and fear for their lives
A further 2 million, at least, have Sudan fled to neighbouring countries
Amid ‘the world’s invisible crisis’, children with disabilities, and the people who love them, face particularly severe challenges
Surrounded by fighters and haunted by famine, residents of Darfur region fear worst
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