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Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February, briefs reporters in the situation in the Sudan.
Cecilia A.M. Adeng, Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
During his week-long visit to Sudan, UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher visited to Tawila and Korma in North Darfur. Thousands of people have fled the most recent violence in El Fasher to Tawila.
Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed, Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
After almost a million Sudanese refugees fled to Chad to escape what the US has described as a genocide in Darfur, the country has taken an unusual step of allowing them work. Refugees are rebuilding their lives due to the new asylum law, and Chadian business owners are offering what little employment they can.
In Sudan’s embattled Darfur region, aid groups say sexual abuse is a constant threat to women, but refugees VOA spoke with also say it’s a problem for those who have fled the region.
Fu Cong Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of February, and other members of the Security Council screen a virtual reality project prior to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
According to new research, the death toll from Sudan’s civil war is far higher than previously thought.The conflict has created the world’s worst hunger crisis and forced 11 million people to flee their homes.
Nicholas Hayso, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, greets Michael Kapkiai Kiboino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, during the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
With little help from the international community, those in need are being fed by community-funded soup kitchens in war-torn Omdurman, the most populated city in Sudan. As one part of Sudan faces famine for the first time in seven years, the United States and other countries have urged the warring sides to grant humanitarian organizations unfettered access.