By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ONU Info
Illustrative image · Mathias Reding · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe United Nations warns that emergency stocks for the millions of Sudanese displaced by the war risk running out for lack of funding, as families try to return to their destroyed homes. Humanitarian aid could collapse and leave families without shelter, according to the UN.
About 15.4 million displaced Sudanese need emergency shelter, but lack of funding means only 10% of them can be helped, according to UNHCR and IOM. IOM has distributed more than 40,000 tonnes this year, but its warehouses are empty, said its head of mission in Sudan Mohamed Refaat, TimesLIVE reports.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: TimesLIVE ·
France and the United Nations have warned of intensifying drone strikes in Sudan, which have killed hundreds of civilians, including children, and damaged essential infrastructure. An attack hit a power substation supplying Khartoum state on 27 October, according to the French Embassy and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: Radio Dabanga ·
Forty-five cases of viral hepatitis have been recorded at the Kalma displaced people’s camp in Sudan’s South Darfur state, according to its coordination committee. Residents face shortages of medicines and healthcare, while the war is restricting access to humanitarian aid, reports Sudan Tribune.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: Sudan Tribune ·
Plus de 66 000 Nigérians ont fui vers le Niger et le Bénin depuis le début de 2026, soit trois fois plus qu'à la même période en 2025, selon l'ONU. Le HCR cherche 2 millions de dollars pour enregistrer et documenter plus de 44 000 déplacés au Niger et au Bénin entre novembre 2026 et janvier 2027.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Ouestaf.com ·
Sudanese army imposes siege on Al-NuhudSudanese armed forces are imposing a complete siege on Al-Nuhud, in western Sudan, according to sources cited by Baj News. The army is also continuing heavy artillery fire against Rapid Support Forces positions around the city.
Tundu Lissu: family contests the nature of the trialThe family of Tundu Lissu, leader of the opposition party CHADEMA, contested the political nature of his treason trial as he appeared before the High Court in Dar es Salaam. Police had sealed off the area before the verdict, with a heavy security deployment, according to Dakaractu and RFI.The week in Africa
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