Browsing: Humanitarian crisis

• Experts have warned of a refugee crisis in Chad as escalating violence and a food crisis in Sudan compel large numbers to flee across the border.
• Since April 2023, conflict has persisted between the Sudanese army, led by the nation’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
• Despite the challenges faced by refugees in Chad, the escalating violence in Sudan is compelling an increasing number of individuals to seek refuge there.

Refugee crisis in Chad

Refugees and aid organizations have warned of worsening conditions in the overcrowded and underfunded camps of Chad as escalating violence and a food crisis in Sudan compel large numbers to flee across the border.

In the first week of October alone, approximately 25,000 individuals, primarily women and children, sought refuge in eastern Chad, marking an unprecedented influx for a week in 2024. Chad, ranked among the poorest nations …

• Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is the worst in recent history, according to the United Nations.
• One-third of Sudan’s population, that is, 18 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, while 730,000 Sudanese children are believed to be suffering from severe malnutrition.
• World Food Programme(WFP) has delivered food to over 5.2 million people within Sudan since conflicts started in April.

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis

The United Nations Humanitarian Office has warned that Sudan is on the verge of facing the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. Key drivers of this situation include intensified conflict and growing inter-communal violence, an economic crisis, soaring prices of food, fuel and essential goods, and below-average agricultural production.

“By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory,” Edem Wosornu, director of operations at the UN Office for …

• The three-year EU-Egypt strategic partnership aims to facilitate economic reforms and avert a migration crisis within the region.
• The triennial agreement represents the latest endeavour by the bloc to prevent refugees from traversing the Mediterranean.

EU-Egypt strategic partnership

EU leaders have finalised a deal worth $7.4 billion with Egypt to bolster the nation’s struggling economy. This move seeks to foster stability within the “troubled” region and prevent a new European migration crisis.

The three-year EU-Egypt strategic partnership includes $5 billion in soft loans to facilitate economic reforms, $1.8 billion to encourage private sector investments, and $600 million in grants. Of these grants, $200 million is allocated for migration management.

Following months of intense and productive diplomatic engagement between the EU and Egypt, six EU leaders journeyed to Cairo on Sunday, as stated by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.”

The visit occurred just days following allegations by members of the European …