Sudan: drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine
The IPC warns the risk of famine is growing in Sudan, as drought covers more than half the country and children in some camps are past the famine threshold.
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What is happening to people in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, DR Congo and Afghanistan, drawn from UN and aid agency reporting.
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Forced home: Afghanistan's returnees face drought, hunger and shrinking aid
More than 5 million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan since late 2023, many with nothing, to a country already facing record hunger.
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Eastern Congo: fleeing fighting, now facing Ebola
In eastern DR Congo, families displaced again and again now face an Ebola outbreak in crowded camps. Why this neglected crisis needs attention.
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Gaza, one year after the ceasefire: what has changed and what has not
The guns are quieter, but most homes are still damaged, families face another winter in tents, and more than half the population still struggles to eat.
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From El Fasher to Tawila: inside the world's largest displacement crisis
More than 11 million Sudanese have been forced from their homes. The families who fled El Fasher show what that number means.
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Yemen's children: hunger after a decade of war
More than 2.2 million young children in Yemen are acutely malnourished. Why the crisis continues, and what treatment can do.
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