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Iraq to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships in Pharmaceutical Industry
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has directed the advancement of public-private partnerships in Iraq's pharmaceutical sector, with a particular focus on expanding local production of cancer treatments. At a high-level meeting...

Sudan: Call for Urgent Investigation As Sudan Mine Collapse Claims ‘At Least 11’ Lives
Port Sudan — Several parties have called for an urgent investigation into the collapse of the Karsh El Fil mine in the Howaid area of Sudan’s Red Sea state, while the foreign ministries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, and other...

Sudan: the UN warns booming trips and imminent floods
During the regular Tuesday briefing at the UN headquarters, in New York, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric relay warnings of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ochha), citing urgent concerns across the country....

Momentum Builds In The Fight To End Neglected Tropical Diseases As Kigali Declaration Marks Third Anniversary
Over 80 countries and organisations in Africa have declared their commitment to ending the suffering caused by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of diseases that affect more than one billion people globally, primarily in vulnerable...

UN Reports Sudanese Refugees Face Rising Hunger, Malnutrition
(MENAFN) The UN's refugee and food agencies issued a critical warning on Tuesday about the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of Sudanese refugees, as severe funding shortages continue to disrupt life-saving aid...

Sudan: UN Warns Of Soaring Displacement And Looming Floods
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 8:19 am Press Release: UN News 1 July 2025 At Tuesday’s regular briefing at the UN Headquarters, in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric relayed warnings from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs...

Sudanese fleeing war are at risk of worsening hunger in neighboring nations, UN warns
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UN sounds alarm over escalating humanitarian crises in Gaza, Syria, and Sudan
The United Nations issued grave warnings today about deteriorating humanitarian conditions across Gaza, Syria, and Sudan during a daily briefing by the Secretary-General’s spokesperson. From airstrikes on shelters to looming starvation and...

World News | Sudanese Fleeing War Are at Risk of Worsening Hunger in Neighbouring Nations, UN Warns
Cairo, Jul 1 (AP) Millions of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan risk falling deeper into hunger as they seek refuge in countries already grappling with food insecurity, the United Nations warned. The World Food Programme, the UN's food agency,...

AFRICA/SUDAN - Insecurity and lack of services worsen the situation in the capital: teachers disagree in the reopening of schools
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 Internet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Most areas of Khartoum are without electricity and water, exacerbating the country's already precarious security situation and the lack of other services such as internet and...

Call for urgent investigation as Sudan mine collapse claims ‘at least 11’ lives
Several parties have called for an urgent investigation into the collapse of the Karsh El Fil mine in the Howaid area of Sudan’s Red Sea state, while the foreign ministries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, and other countries, as...

KSrelief Launches Vital Kidney Dialysis Project for Sudanese Patients in Egypt
Dozens of international charities and non-governmental organizations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty, called Tuesday for an Israeli and US-backed aid mechanism for Gaza to disband over repeated incidents of chaos and deadly...

WFP: Sudanese refugees face worsening hunger due to funding gap
The World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday warned that millions of Sudanese people who took refuge in neighbouring countries face worsening hunger and malnutrition due to severe funding shortages. While giving a briefing in New York on Monday,...

Sudan Reports 239 Children Dead Since January
(MENAFN) Since January, at least 239 children have died in western Sudan due to severe shortages of food and medical supplies, the Sudan Doctors Network reported on Sunday. The civilian medical group revealed that its team documented these child...

Sudan civil war overwhelms border town, as refugees find little help
ADRE (AP) Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and pains from sleeping on bare ground for almost two years. She did not expect Sudan’s civil war to displace her for so long into neighbouring Chad. “There is nothing here,” she...

Russia trains Ugandan medics to fight deadly epidemics
Moscows health watchdog has begun advanced courses in Kampala as part of health cooperation with Africa Russian health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has begun training Ugandan medical personnel as part of broader cooperation with African countries on...

Losing a baby, rescuing a child and dodging air strikes in Sudan's civil war
Anne SoyDeputy Africa editor ShareSave Aged just 19, Alawia Babiker Ahmed miscarried as she was fleeing on foot the devastating war that has ravaged Sudan's western region of Darfur. "I was bleeding on the way," she told the BBC, before hastening...

Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in neighboring Chad as refugees find little help
ADRE, Chad — Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and pains from sleeping on bare ground for almost two years. She did not expect Sudan’s civil war to displace her for so long into neighboring Chad. “There is nothing here,” she...

Sudan Medical Network Reports 239 Children Died From Malnutrition in North Darfur in 2025
A child receives treatment in the UNICEF-supported stabilization center. Photo: @UNICEFSudan June 29, 2025 Hour: 2:46 pm The Sudan Doctors Network reported this Sunday that 239 children have died from malnutrition, as well as from the lack of food...

Culture workers feel the pain of Sudan’s endless civil war
Sudan’s brutal civil war—driven by a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—has devastated the country for the past two years. UN and human rights organisations report war crimes,...