Famine has hit conflict-stricken Sudan as the country deals with ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Since the conflict began in April 2023, almost 13 million people have been displaced according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…

According to UNICEF, an estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera, as the disease spreads across West and Central Africa. There are active outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Nigeria which are raising the threat level of cross-border transmission to neighbouring countries. Cholera is a disease that causes rapid dehydration…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed South Korea’s US$7.6m worth of contributions to improve food security for communities in northern Mozambique. The contributions which comprise more than 5,000 metric tonnes of rice, will allow the WFP to deliver food assistance to more than 233,000 people in the Cabo Delgado Province. The region…