An unimaginable humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by Dominique Hyde, UNHCR Director of External Relations – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva GENEVA – The war that erupted without warning turned previously...
Sudanese refugees in Egypt fret as needs outstrip assistance
With more than 317,000 refugees from the conflict in Sudan facing rising levels of hardship in Egypt, a shortage of funding is hampering efforts by UNHCR and its partners to provide help By Firas Al-Khateeb and Nawar Eltahtawy in Cairo, Egypt Near the small apartment...
Sudanese youth and refugee volunteers team up to help people fleeing Khartoum
A local youth group in the city of Wad Madani converted their former primary school into a shelter for people forced to flee Sudan’s capital. When hundreds of people fleeing fighting in Khartoum started flocking to his hometown of Wad Madani, about 130 kilometres...