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More than 100,000 flee to Chad from Sudan conflict, UNHCR says

More than 100,000 people have fled violence in Sudan to neighbouring Chad and the numbers could double in the next three months, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2023

Families split apart as Sudan’s Darfur burns

Silence over fate of loved ones trapped in Darfur amid communications blackout is heavy burden for those who fled.

Al Jazeera · Jun 1, 2023

How fighting in Sudan’s Darfur could worsen W Africa insecurity

Conflict poses threat to Chad and wider Sahel amid fears over arms proliferation and returning fighters, analysts say.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2023

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Sudan refugees strain cash-strapped Chad's hospitality

There used to be one family in Fanna Hamit's compound, now there are 11 families struggling to get by selling roasted crickets after she took in relatives fleeing the conflict in Sudan.

Reuters · May 30, 2023

Sudan humanitarian crisis deepens as aid facilities become targets

Fighting eased in Sudan this week as a week-long humanitarian ceasefire allowed civilians to venture out. Yet for displaced people and refugees, humanitarian groups report a catastrophic situation.

Radio France Internationale · May 28, 2023

Saudi Arabia, US say Sudan factions posturing for escalation

Saudi Arabia and the United States called on Sunday for the extension of a ceasefire deal that has brought some let-up in a six-week war between military factions, but said both sides had impeded aid efforts and were posturing for further escalation.

Reuters · May 28, 2023

Sudan war spells more disaster for Darfur city on Chad border

When war engulfed Sudan's capital last month, it quickly spread to the western Darfur region, reigniting an old conflict and sending a wave of refugees over the border into Chad.

Reuters · May 26, 2023

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Sudan's peace mediation should be led by the African Union: 3 reasons why

Questions about who mediates in a conflict – and when – are crucial. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regional realities and insights into complex politics. It should happen before conflict reaches a mutually damaging stalemate. This spares lives and political disintegration of the kind seen in Libya and…

The Conversation · May 23, 2023

Red Cross warns of possible humanitarian disaster on Sudan-Chad border

Sudanese refugees are streaming into Chad so quickly that it will be impossible to relocate them all to safer places before the start of the rainy season in late June, a senior Red Cross official said on Tuesday, flagging the risk of a disaster.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Over 60,000 have fled to Chad from Sudan since conflict started -UNHCR

Between 60,000 and 90,000 people have fled from Sudan to neighbouring Chad since violence erupted last month, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.

Reuters · May 22, 2023

UN Security Council to meet on Sudan as a million are displaced by violence

The United Nations has called an emergency Security Council meeting on the fighting in Sudan, which has displaced an estimated one million people since it broke out a month ago.

Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2023

USAID chief says committed to helping Sudanese refugees

Al Jazeera spoke with USAID chief who announced $100m for Sudan and countries hosting displaced Sudanese refugees.

Al Jazeera · May 20, 2023

USAID chief goes to Chad to meet Sudanese refugees, discuss humanitarian needs

The chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development traveled on Thursday to Chad, where tens of thousands have fled fighting in neighboring Sudan, to meet with Sudanese refugees and officials, a USAID spokesperson said.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Heavy fighting in Sudan's capital as food aid needs grow

Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan's capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly 1 million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

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Reuters · May 18, 2023

A second exile: Sudanese refugees flee again to destitute Chad

Fleeing the village to escape from attackers, crossing a desert border, building a shelter from straw and rags, waiting for food aid: these are familiar hardships for Halime Adam Moussa, who has fled Sudan for Chad with her family for a second time.

Reuters · May 12, 2023

UN refugee agency: 200,000 have fled Sudan

Some 200,000 people have fled from Sudan to neighbouring countries since violence erupted last month, a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, including many malnourished children arriving in Chad.

Reuters · May 11, 2023

Sudan's rival forces agree to protect civilians but no ceasefire

Sudan's warring factions early on Friday committed to protect civilians and the movement of humanitarian aid, but did not agree to a ceasefire and remain far apart, U.S. officials said.

Reuters · May 11, 2023

UN's WFP calls for urgent funding to assist 2.3 million people in need of food in Chad

The United Nations World Food Programme said on Thursday it urgently requires $162.4 million to support the government of Chad in assisting 2.3 million people in urgent need of food, including over 30,000 who recently fled the conflict in Sudan.

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France 24 · May 9, 2023

Some 30,000 people arrive in Chad from Sudan

In tonight's edition: The number of Sudanese uprooted by war has doubled over the last week. Some 30,000 people have arrived in Chad. Also, in an exclusive investigation, our correspondents take a look inside of one of Guinea Bissau's only rehab centres. And in DR Congo, after an earthquake shook…

Reuters · May 9, 2023

Factbox-How big is the aid crisis caused by the Sudan fighting?

Aid workers say fighting between rival military factions in Sudan is pushing poorly-funded humanitarian programmes in the region to a breaking point.

Reuters · May 9, 2023

Sudan deepens crisis in Africa as UN sees 5 million more needing aid

When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run.

The Conversation · May 5, 2023

Sudan's conflict will have a ripple effect in an unstable region - and across the world

Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries, including the Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Sudan’s neighbours have little to offer refugees, warns UN

Thousands of Sudanese are crossing borders into countries already severely stressed by drought, conflicts and food insecurity, say UN officials

Reuters · May 2, 2023

Over 100,000 refugees crossed from Sudan to neighbouring countries - UN

A United Nations refugee official said on Tuesday that more than 100,000 refugees have now crossed from Sudan to neighbouring countries to escape the conflict that erupted last month.

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023

Pneumonia vaccine delays kill thousands needlessly in Africa

Access to PCV jabs in South Sudan, Somalia, Guinea and Chad ‘could save 40,000 children a year’

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