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The United Nations and other aid organizations were forced to put staff into 'hibernation' in Sudan.

Aid flows constrict and civilians in danger as Sudan descends into chaos

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Sudan's unraveling forced humanitarian aid organizations, including those with staff killed by fighting, to suspend operations, despite millions of civilians in great need.

Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head of the African Union's "Silencing the Guns" initiative, speaks before the U.N. Security Counci

Sustainable Development Goals

'Multiple challenges' undermine A.U.'s flagship peace plan for 2030

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Facing a raft of complications, the A.U. goal of tackling root causes of conflict for sustainable development is in doubt.

Conflict, climate and the food crisis have displaced 18 million people in the Greater Horn of Africa region

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In the Greater Horn of Africa, tens of millions hungry and driven to flee

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Some 129,000 people are 'staring death in the eyes' while 11.9 million children under 5 could face acute malnutrition.

The Transparency International index finds the number of countries in decline is increasing

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Watchdog finds scant progress in the global fight against corruption

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A new report finds a clear connection between more violence and corruption as the world becomes a less peaceful place.

Kheira Osman Yusuf, a farmer in northern Kenya, walks across a dried-up reservoir next to her land

Climate & Health

High stakes for COP27 summit as climate becomes a health crisis too

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Drought, floods, disease outbreaks and a global food crisis add pressure for real action at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt.

A mother carries her child past shelters in one of the hard-to-reach areas of Somalia

Climate & Health

Hunger from climate, conflicts and rising prices hits developing world

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With 50 million 'a step away from starvation,' humanitarian groups calculate a person dies of hunger every four seconds.

Climate & Health

Food crises to worsen with war, climate shocks

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Tens of millions of people in 20 hunger "hotspots" will need emergency aid as they face a sharply increased risk of starvation, two U.N. agencies predicted.

A Syrian refugee camp on the outskirts of Athens, Greece

Refugees & Migrants

Nearly 3 million more displaced people from wars and conflicts

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Despite the pandemic, the number of people fleeing for safety around the world rose to almost 82.4 million last year.

Humanitarians & Peace

Nations debate call for 'vaccination cease-fire' in conflict zones

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The U.N. took up a proposal calling for cease-fires in conflict zones to allow deliveries of coronavirus vaccines.

Three women on Adigrat Street in Tigray, Ethiopia

Refugees & Migrants

U.N. refugee agency warns of 'dramatic' Tigray crisis in Ethiopia

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After warning of 'a full-scale humanitarian crisis' in Ethiopia, officials said 32,000 people fled and 200,000 more may follow.

The U.N. Security Council's virtual meeting calling for a global ceasefire

Climate & Health

Security Council backs COVID-19 cease-fire

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The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for cease-fires worldwide so that everyone can focus on ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents of the Gado Badzere refugee camp in eastern Cameroon

Refugees & Migrants

U.N. refugee agency says war and conflict uprooted 1% of humanity

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An unprecedented 79.5 million people - two-fifths of them children - were forcibly displaced as of the end of 2019.

Then-Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir arriving at Juba in 2011

Justice & Accountability

Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for ICC trial

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In a surprise move, Sudan's transitional government will extradite former leader Omar al-Bashir to the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.