Category: Humanitarian
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Fifteen million Sudanese have been driven from their homes since April 2023 — the largest displacement crisis in the world. Almost four million have crossed borders; a third of those inside have gone home to ruined houses. Coverage remains thin.
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Four thousand sheep and goats drowned off Oman in June. Australia is phasing out live export, the UK partly banned it in 2024, Germany stopped issuing the certificates. The EU says its own law doesn’t allow it to stop.
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The tanker behind the Arabian Sea spill has been named as the Caroline Bezengi, with twelve kilometres of coastline now affected. Naming a ship is what makes compensation possible — in principle.
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Iran says three of its pilots have been held by Qatar for six months without family contact, and has written to the Red Cross. What the Geneva Conventions require, and what remains unconfirmed.
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A week after settlers besieged three Palestinian homes at Qusra, the UN has delivered aid to the families trapped inside. That it took an international convoy, in territory under Israeli military control, is the story.
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The Flores earthquake toll reached 51 on Sunday as rescuers cleared the Trans-Flores Highway and reached cut-off villages. Around 5,000 people are displaced and 235 aftershocks have been recorded.
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Morocco has added barbed wire and police near Spain’s Ceuta enclave after online calls for a mass crossing. The fences are Spanish, but the approach to them is Moroccan — and that has been leverage before.
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Assam’s monsoon death toll reached 100 last week, with more deaths across Kashmir, Nagaland and Odisha. Why a season that kills hundreds draws less attention than a single earthquake.
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More than 95,000 people are in relief camps across six districts of Odisha after heavy rain swelled the Baitarani, Brahmani and Budhabalanga rivers. Around 270,000 have been affected across 503 villages.
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A shallow magnitude 7.7 quake struck off Flores island early on 15 August, killing at least 38. Rescuers have not yet reached the area closest to the epicentre, where roads are blocked and communications are down.