Sudan: Under siege, El Fasher teeters on the brink of famine

The ongoing year-long war in Sudan continues to spread across the country, and now El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, is surrounded by armed fighters amid the systematic burning of entire villages, escalating air strikes and blocked aid deliveries. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/05/1149281
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Sudan: Under siege, El Fasher teeters on the brink of famine
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Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher as UN warns of imminent attack

26 Apr 2024

Escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state has left dozens dead and people trapped in El Fasher city, which is home to around 800,000 people, many displaced due to fighting. 

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Sudan: Food looted in Darfur, 730,000 people left without 

30 Dec 2021

The UN chief condemned on Wednesday the looting and attacks against United Nations facilities, equipment and supplies gifted to the Sudanese authorities for civilian in El Fasher, Darfur. 

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Gaza: Aid access to north now entirely blocked amid escalating bombing in south

04 Dec 2023

Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns for civilians sheltering there, while UN humanitarians on Monday said that aid teams had only “extremely limited” movement and access to the north was “now entirely blocked”.