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Over 8 million school-age children in Sudan are out of school due to a civil war lasting more than three years, while nearly three-quarters of schools have been damaged or rendered unusable. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned that the conflict is robbing the future of 'a whole generation.'
Myanmar's military-backed leader Min Aung Hlaing met Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok on Thursday, his first official visit to Thailand since the 2021 coup. He emphasized efforts to end the civil war and restore peace, while seeking ASEAN reinstatement, despite protests and criticism over legitimacy.
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the internationally recognised former president of Yemen who fled house arrest by Houthi rebels and spent his final years in exile in Saudi Arabia, has died at the age of 80. He led a fractured government largely from abroad for eight years as the country descended into civil war and famine, before resigning in 2022.
Nearly 12 years of civil war, the collapse of the Yemeni rial, and sharp aid cuts have left refugees in camps like Maryamah facing severe food and medicine shortages, while local residents also fall into poverty, competing for scarce resources.
Ecuador's drug crackdown is triggering unintended consequences, with violence rising rather than falling. Critics accuse the government of human rights violations and question the long-term effectiveness of heavy-handed tactics.
The Sudanese army announced it had recaptured the strategic town of Khor Hassan in Blue Nile state, near the Ethiopia border, from the paramilitary RSF. The operation inflicted heavy losses, marking a key advance in the civil war. The town’s location is crucial as a gateway to central Sudan and for access to infrastructure.
Nearly 20 million Sudanese are facing acute food insecurity after three years of civil war, the IPC reports. Families are forced to eat leaves and animal feed, with 135,000 people in catastrophic hunger zones.
