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UN briefs on global humanitarian crises: Sudan, Yemen, South Sudan, DRC and South Africa floods
Summary
UN officials warned of worsening humanitarian conditions worldwide, citing Sudan as the largest crisis with 30 million in need, severe hunger in Yemen, constrained access in South Sudan's Upper Nile, displacement increases reported by UNHCR, and floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape killing dozens and damaging schools.
United Nations officials used the June 12 briefing to flag multiple worsening humanitarian emergencies around the world, calling for funding, protection and safe access for aid.
Tom Fletcher, Undersecretary‑General for Humanitarian Affairs (quoted in a statement read by the spokesperson), said Sudan has become “a grim example” of indifference and impunity and described it as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with 30 million people — roughly half the population — in need of life‑saving aid. The briefing said indiscriminate shelling, drone strikes and other air attacks are killing, injuring and displacing…
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