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Africa: Why These 10 Humanitarian Crises Still Demand Your Attention
The New Humanitarian, 17 July 2024
Beyond Gaza and Ukraine, emergency aid needs are going unmet in these neglected hotspots around the globe. Read more »
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West Africa: Prospects Dimming for Democracy in the Sahel
FPRI, 10 July 2024
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Ethiopia: Tigray Opposition Raises Concern On Return Process for Displaced People
Addis Standard, 16 July 2024
Salsay Woyane Tigray, an opposition party in the Tigray region, has issued a statement raising concern that the return of displaced Tigrayans "remains shrouded in uncertainty." The… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan Crisis - People Are Dying of Hunger
Norwegian Refugee Council, 15 July 2024
The war in Sudan has forced millions of people to flee their homes and created one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is sounding the… Read more »
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Sudan: Hunger Drives Starving Sudanese to Seek Refuge Abroad
VOA, 17 July 2024
Hunger and looming famine are driving a growing number of people to flee war-torn Sudan in search of refuge in neighboring countries, according to World Health Organization… Read more »
Why These Humanitarian Crises Demand Your Attention
As 2024 began, The New Humanitarian published an analysis focusing on how - even as the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine dominated headlines - it's important to remember the many other crises being too easily forgotten by the media and neglected by aid donors.
Tens of millions of affected people in Sudan, DR Congo, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa continue to live in extreme hunger or extreme danger, and access restraints and funding limitations mean many can't be reached by an overwhelmed international aid system.
Halfway through the year, the publication takes another look at those crises with updated data and analysis.
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Sudan: Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield Announces Additional Assistance for Sudan and Neighbors
U.S. Mission to the UN, 18 July 2024
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Representative to the United Nations, announced today nearly $203 million in additional humanitarian assistance for people… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Sees Return of Over 2.5 Million IDPs, Nearly 4.4 Million Still Displaced
Addis Standard, 16 July 2024
A recent United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report reveals that over 2.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia have returned to their villages,… Read more »
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Sudan: As Sudan's Conflict Enters a Second Year, Hundreds Flee South Daily
UNHCR, 17 July 2024
An average of 1,600 people every day cross the border into South Sudan to escape the conflict in Sudan, threatening to overwhelm the small transit centres where they first arrive. Read more »
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As the AU-established coordinating mechanism begins a dialogue process for the Sudanese political forces Sudanese women gathered to elevate their voices in the ongoing efforts ... Read more »
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While outlining his administration's priorities at a press conference, Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was named by the Economic Community of West Africa States ... Read more »
People displaced by conflict live in a temporary camp near Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
InFocus
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Residents of displacement sites in Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo said they are living in constant fear after deadly artillery strikes hit ... Read more »
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Ethiopia has tried implementing three conflict transformation mechanisms since 2018, when there was a transfer of power within the former ruling party, the Ethiopian People's ... Read more »
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The African Union has concluded preparatory meetings for the holding of another round of peace conference to end the fighting in Sudan. The talks, dubbed "Sudanese-Sudanese p Read more »
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As part of an Africa tour, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov - along with the country's Defense Chief - is visiting several African nations, including Guinea, Congo and ... Read more »
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Findings from a new survey published by the pan-African research group Afrobarometer show that more Africans prefer democracy to other forms of government. The Read more »
In Tigray, the war has been blamed for the rapid increase of violence against women.
InFocus
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For the second year in a row, Burkina Faso is the world's most neglected displacement crisis, Read more »
