“Local sources report that at least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured yesterday in an attack on a funeral gathering in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State,” the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said.
Mapigano yameongezeka katika miezi ya hivi karibuni baada ya waasi wa M23 kuishutumu serikali kwa kushindwa kuheshimu makubaliano ya mwaka 2009 ambapo jeshi lilipaswa kuwajumuisha wapiganaji hao kwenye jeshi.
Umoja wa Mataifa unasema eneo la Pembe ya Afrika unakabiliwa na ukame mbaya zaidi katika miaka 40.
Wasomali milioni sita au asilimia 40 ya watu sasa wanakabiliwa na viwango vya juu vya uhaba wa chakula, kulingana na ripoti mpya ya Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
OCHA imesema mapigano katika eneo lenye utajiri mkubwa wa mafuta la Abyei kwenye mpaka na Sudan yamesababisha vifo vya watu 36 kufikia Machi 6, huku idadi isiyojulikana wakijeruhiwa na wengine 50,000 wakiripotiwa kuhama makazi yao.
The UN warned Thursday that the need for humanitarian aid was skyrocketing worldwide, as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change and conflicts push more people to the brink of famine.
Somalia’s ministry of humanitarian affairs and disaster management is warning that families could starve to death.
The United States has called for an immediate reversal of the decision.
Ethiopia gives United Nations officials 72 hours to leave the nation
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