Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. CBC | World News
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As Canada brings in people fleeing war in Sudan, families scramble to make the cut
Sudanese Canadians say a new immigration pathway for their families has left them navigating complex bureaucracies and fighting for scraps. CBC | World News
Read More »The world has turned its back on Sudan as catastrophic war rages on, says aid worker
Jan Egeland says the stories he’s heard from refugees of the war in Sudan left him “utterly shaken.” And yet, the humanitarian worker says nobody seems to care. CBC | World News
Read More »Sudan a ‘human tragedy of immense proportions,’ UN says, as hundreds of thousands flee violence
Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group has forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the devastating conflict in the northeastern African country, the United Nations said Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Millions displaced amid mounting crisis in Sudan
Millions of people in Sudan have been displaced after seven months of fighting between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group, and concerns of a humanitarian crisis are growing among aid groups. CBC | World News
Read More »UN urges international support for Sudan as concerns grow of humanitarian crisis
Millions of people in Sudan have been displaced after seven months of fighting between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group, and concerns of a humanitarian crisis are growing among aid groups. CBC | World News
Read More »Sudan says it will hand over former dictator Bashir to International Criminal Court
A top Sudanese official said Tuesday the country’s transitional authorities and rebel groups have agreed to hand over former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial for war crimes, including mass killings in Darfur. CBC | World News
Read More »Former president of Sudan sentenced to 2 years for corruption, money-laundering
A court in Sudan has convicted former president Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption, sentencing him to two years in a minimum security lockup. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 1 million people face starvation in war-torn South Sudan
In war-torn South Sudan, 1.25 million people are facing starvation, double the number from the same time last year, according to a report by the United Nations and the government released Monday. CBC | World News
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