UN to reduce Sudan food support to millions over shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars

Nadjala Mourraou held her haggard two-year-old son in her henna-tattooed hands for the doctors to examine. Then came the painful diagnosis: little Ahma, like many of his fellow Sudanese refugees, was severely malnourished. The pair were towards the front …

Flow of Sudan civil war refugees puts Chad camp under strain

A surge of Sudanese refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war are overwhelming eastern Chad, with the Touloum camp facing severe overcrowding and resource shortages. Malnutrition is rampant, particularly among children, as aid dwindles and the hot season …

World Malaria Day: WHO stats show massive surge amid war in Sudan

As the world observes World Malaria Day today, Sudan braces itself for an escalating malaria threat worsened by the ongoing conflict and the further collapse of its healthcare system. While the disease remains a persistent threat globally, Sudan’s burden …

South Sudan hosts over 550,000 refugees, asylum-seekers: UN

JUBA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan hosts 552,333 refugees and asylum-seekers across 140,445 households, settled in 29 locations nationwide as of March, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday. The United Nations High Commissioner for …

Staff inspect samples at Sudan's Mycetoma Research Centre on August 5, 2013 -- Sudan's war has left data from more than ...

Unreported: Sudan’s literal hell with widespread devastation, displacement, despair

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 24, 2025 The Four Horsemen of the apocalypse are stalking Sudan; Brutal civil conflict, widespread devastation, humanitarian disasters, and the displacement of millions of refugees. Now add the Fifth …

Pope Francis was full of joy and hope: Irish nun in South Sudan recalls a very special visit

An Irish nun who walked for nine days through South Sudan with about 100 young people to meet Pope Francis said that he “radiated joy” and brought hope of peace to them. Sr Orla Treacy, a Wicklow woman who spent parts of her childhood in Tralee and Ennis, …

As civil war chases South Sudan, onsite Send Relief-backed ministry continues

MALAKAL, South Sudan (BP) – When minister Zach Potts was in Juba, South Sudan, in February, he was advised to cut his trip short amid escalating political violence that threatens a new civil war. He had planned to attend the opening of Salvation Baptist …

Sudan conflict escalates into global humanitarian and security threat

As Sudan enters its third year of brutal civil war, the scale of destruction, displacement, and human suffering has reached catastrophic levels. The country, once a key political and geographic player in northeast Africa, now stands shattered by the …

Sudan War Destroys World's Only Research Centre On Skin Disease Mycetoma: Director

The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in Sudan's two-year war, its director and another expert say. Mycetoma is caused by bacteria or fungus and usually enters the body …