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Official Cyclone Mocha death toll in Myanmar rises to 145

Official death toll surges as the UN says at least 800,000 people in need of emergency food aid and other assistance.

Al Jazeera

A second exile: Sudanese refugees flee again to destitute Chad

Fleeing the village to escape from attackers, crossing a desert border, building a shelter from straw and rags, waiting for food aid: these are familiar hardships for Halime Adam Moussa, who has fled Sudan for Chad with her family for a second time.

Reuters

Explainer-What happens if Black Sea grain corridor deal is not extended?

A deal allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea expires on May 18, with Kyiv hoping for an extension and Moscow pushing a list of demands in return for its support.

Reuters

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Charities call for more eyes on plight of Sudanese people following evacuations

HUMANITARIAN organisations have urged the international community and media to place more attention on those still struggling in war-torn Sudan...

The National (Scotland)

Bangladesh, Myanmar bracing as Cyclone Mocha set to make landfall

Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing as an extremely severe cyclone is set to hit their coastal areas, as authorities told thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter

The Independent UK

UN's WFP calls for urgent funding to assist 2.3 million people in need of food in Chad

The United Nations World Food Programme said on Thursday it urgently requires $162.4 million to support the government of Chad in assisting 2.3 million people in urgent need of food, including over 30,000 who recently fled the conflict in Sudan.

Reuters

US ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Sudan ceasefire talks

Official says US-backed talks seek ‘narrow’ goal of securing ceasefire before working towards permanent end to fighting.

Al Jazeera

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South Sudanese flee Sudan's conflict yet return to crisis

More than 40,000 people have crossed into South Sudan since neighboring Sudan erupted into conflict nearly one month ago

The Independent UK

Factbox-How big is the aid crisis caused by the Sudan fighting?

Aid workers say fighting between rival military factions in Sudan is pushing poorly-funded humanitarian programmes in the region to a breaking point.

Reuters

Sudan deepens crisis in Africa as UN sees 5 million more needing aid

When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run.

Reuters

World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians due to funding shortage

The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.

Reuters

Sudan’s neighbours have little to offer refugees, warns UN

Thousands of Sudanese are crossing borders into countries already severely stressed by drought, conflicts and food insecurity, say UN officials

The Guardian - UK

WFP says $13 million-14 million worth of food looted in Sudan

The World Food Programme (WFP) has estimated that $13 million to $14 million worth of food products destined to people in need in Sudan have been looted since fighting broke out last month, the WFP said on Thursday.

Reuters

US, UN halt food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray over diverted shipments

USAID and the World Food Programme announced on Wednesday they were freezing food aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia "until further notice", after finding shipments were diverted to local markets.

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Al Jazeera

Khartoum fighting continues despite new ceasefire in Sudan

UN warns fighting between army and RSF risks causing a humanitarian catastrophe that could spill into other countries.

Reuters

WFP suspends food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray over reported thefts

The U.N. World Food Programme has paused food distribution in Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted, the agency said.

Al Jazeera

US halts food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray, citing illicit sales

USAID head says shipments will resume to war-torn region in Ethiopia only after ‘oversight measures are in place’.

The Guardian - UK

Aid agencies in Sudan plead with factions to allow supplies to reach needy

Six trucks of humanitarian supplies looted while airstrikes in Khartoum undermine ceasefire

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Al Jazeera

Clashes rock Sudan ceasefire as UN official seeks aid protection

Martin Griffiths, in visit to the country, seeks pledges from warring sides to allow movement of staff and supplies.

Al Jazeera

Sudan’s warring sides ‘agree seven-day ceasefire’

South Sudan’s foreign ministry, which made the announcement, says the truce will start from Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Military Faction Chiefs Agree May 4-11 Truce in Principle

Sudan's warring military factions agreed on Tuesday in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, South Sudan announced, as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum region disrupted the latest short-term truce. A statement released by the foreign ministry of South Sudan, which had offered to mediate in the…

Reuters

Sudan's warring generals extend theoretical truce but keep fighting

Sudan's warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum capital region undercut their latest supposed truce.

Reuters

Over 100,000 refugees crossed from Sudan to neighbouring countries - UN

A United Nations refugee official said on Tuesday that more than 100,000 refugees have now crossed from Sudan to neighbouring countries to escape the conflict that erupted last month.

France 24

Sudan conflict pushes 100,000 to flee across borders to neighbouring countries

The fighting in Sudan has caused more than 330,000 people to flee their homes within the country, with over 100,000 others escaping over the borders, the United Nations said Tuesday, as gunfire and explosions echoed across the capital despite another ceasefire deal.

France 24

Over 800,000 people could flee unrest in Sudan, UN says

In tonight's edition: The UN's World Food Programme resumes its operations in Sudan, but the conflict continues amid a little-respected truce extension and warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. Also, Senegal registers the first death from a closely watched outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Plus, extremist fighters from the CODECO militia…

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