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African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia." title="UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the 2025 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> UNECA/Daniel Getachew </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2025/02/1160176" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Africa 'brimming with hope and possibility': Guterres</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">15 February 2025</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/economic-development" hreflang="en">Economic Development</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a 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1199px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/13-02-2025_UNFPA_CAR-GBV-03.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/13-02-2025_UNFPA_CAR-GBV-03.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/13-02-2025_UNFPA_CAR-GBV-03.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="Central African Republic, 2024. Newly arrived Sudanese refugees at Korsi refugee camp." title="Central African Republic, 2024. Newly arrived Sudanese refugees at Korsi refugee camp." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNFPA/Karel Prinsloo </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2025/02/1160161" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">14 February 2025</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/humanitarian-aid" hreflang="en">Humanitarian Aid</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160161" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160161" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span lang="EN-GB">Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population displacement and chronic insecurity. As the UN system prepares to launch a call for record funding of $4.2 billion to support aid operations in the country, here are some of the main things to know about what has been </span><a href="https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/114190"><span lang="EN-GB">described</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> as the largest and most devasting displacement, humanitarian and protection crisis in the world today.</span></p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2025/02/1160146'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/12-02-2025-OCHA-Sudan-IDP_2.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/12-02-2025-OCHA-Sudan-IDP_2.jpg/image560x340cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/12-02-2025-OCHA-Sudan-IDP_2.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 1199px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/12-02-2025-OCHA-Sudan-IDP_2.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/12-02-2025-OCHA-Sudan-IDP_2.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/12-02-2025-OCHA-Sudan-IDP_2.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="Displaced families at an IDP camp in Sudan's Gedaref state. More than 12 million people have been displaced due to the conflict in the country." title="Displaced families at an IDP camp in Sudan's Gedaref state. More than 12 million people have been displaced due to the conflict in the country." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> ©UNOCHA/Yao Chen </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2025/02/1160146" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis: Guterres</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">14 February 2025</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/peace-and-security" hreflang="en">Peace and Security</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160146" title="Share 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srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/13-02-2025-UNICEF-DR-Congo-07.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/13-02-2025-UNICEF-DR-Congo-07.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/13-02-2025-UNICEF-DR-Congo-07.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="A father takes his injured son for treatment at a hospital near Goma, in the eastern DR Congo." title="A father takes his injured son for treatment at a hospital near Goma, in the eastern DR Congo." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire </div> </div> </div> <div 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