Algeria expels over 1,800 migrants to Niger border, rights group says
Algeria expelled 1,845 migrants to Niger’s border in a mass operation on April 19, rights group Alarmphone Sahara
The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said that the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has pushed Sudan to the edge of famine. Both warring factions have been accused of weaponizing hunger and impeding the flow of humanitarian aid since the conflict broke out in April 2023. NRC chief Jan Egeland told AFP “We have the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet in Sudan, the biggest hunger crisis, the biggest displacement crisis... and the world is giving it a shrug.” The United Nations says that nearly 26 million people inside Sudan are suffering acute hunger.
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