A camp in Sudan, January 2023. Over a million refugees lived in Sudan before the war in April last year, many of whom have been displaced. (UNOCHA/Ala Kheir)

🇸🇩UN launches $4.1 billion humanitarian appeal for Sudan amid waning attention. Ten months after the start of the country's civil war that has left over half of the population in need of aid, the UN's top aid chief, Martin Griffith, spoke of the "great suffering" in Sudan and the risk a widening humanitarian crisis.

📉UN Geneva’s director general warns of difficult year ahead. Tatiana Valovaya told staff Monday that amid the organisation’s financial woes, expenses will have to be cut by 35-45 per cent. Salaries, she said, will not be touched if “concessions” are made.

⚖️UN says Israeli offensive in ‘overcrowded Rafah’ could amount to ‘war crimes’. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza Strip’s southernmost town, where roughly 1.1 million have sought shelter.

🌾World Food Programme says it’s ramping up aid to reach 3 million Ethiopians. Millions more are in need. The UN agency’s goal represents only half the number of people assisted before aid was suspended last year when Ethiopian officials were found to be stealing relief grain.

🔥Wildfires that are turning neighbourhoods to ash are likely Chile’s deadliest on record, UN agency says. With at least 123 people dead and hundreds more missing, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said the latest climate-related disaster in the region is a sign that countries need to invest more in efforts to reduce disaster risk.