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Palestinian children wait to collect food at a donation point in a refugee camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2023.

Health & Safety

Humanitarian crises abound. Why is the U.N. asking for less aid money than last year?

2:36pm February 21, 2024

by Gabriel Spitzer

"This is the first time that this has happened in recent years," said Martin Griffiths of the United Nations. about the reduced ask. Why in a time of greater need is the U.N. lowering its appeal?

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A team from NPR's Morning Edition visited makeshift refugee homes in Camp Adré, Chad, near the border with Sudan.

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Sudanese refugees in Chad scramble to survive

2:14pm September 07, 2023

by H.J. Mai

As the refugee crisis in Chad continues to grow, international attention on the situation remains limited in the face of numerous other global humanitarian challenges.

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Sudanese refugees settle temporarily in the town of Adré in Chad along the border of Sudan. Thousands have fled the fighting in Sudan seeking safety in Chad.

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U.S. imposes sanctions on Sudanese paramilitary leader; boosts humanitarian aid

3:00pm September 06, 2023

by H.J. Mai

The U.S sanctioned Sudanese paramilitary commander Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo over human rights abuses, while also announcing over $160 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan.

A general view showing buildings shrouded by polluted air in Seoul on April 12, 2023.

Here's how NPR reporters around the world are dealing with air pollution

9:43am June 09, 2023

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

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Sudanese refugees from the Tandelti area who crossed into Chad, in Koufroun, near Echbara, gather for aid distribution.

Refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan are streaming into neighboring Chad

9:48am May 30, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The stories of those refugees crossing the border from Sudan to Chad, tell of horror, destruction and non stop fighting, in a dreadful deja vu of Darfur's genocidal past.

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Health & Safety

A new kind of climate refugee is emerging

4:02pm December 02, 2022

by Willem Marx

They flee their homes not solely because of climatic changes that make it difficult to earn a living but also because of violence sparked by the competition for dwindling resources.

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Zania Muhammed comforts her malnourished son, Mazzam Brahim, in the emergency section for critical care patients at a hospital in N'djamena, Chad. The war in Ukraine has caused food prices to skyrocket, leaving many without enough to eat.

Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine

7:13am November 17, 2022

by Willem Marx

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

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Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno addresses supporters at an election campaign rally in N'djamena earlier this month. The government announced Tuesday that Déby had died during clashes with rebels.

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Chad's President, Idriss Déby, Reportedly Killed During Clash With Rebels

4:28pm April 20, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The death of Déby, who came to power in 1990, was announced a day after his reelection to a sixth term was certified. The army said that his son, a four-star general, will become interim president.

Ellen Pompeo has starred in Grey's Antaomy since the show's premiere in 2005. Now in its 17th season, Grey's is featuring pandemic plot twists, adding new characters and bringing back old ones.

Arts

'Grey's Anatomy' Is In Its 17th Season ... But Are Today's Shows Built To Last?

5:01am April 16, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Whither the long-running, primetime scripted show — in an upended television landscape that's changed not only the way we watch TV, but the way stories are told and shows are sold.

Recently adopted Chadian twins Claira (left) and Ariella play peekaboo to pass the time in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with their new parents, David and Michaela Parker, as they await their adoption visas. The 23-month-old girls cannot currently travel to America

'We'd Have To Abandon Our Daughters': Pandemic Delays International Adoptions

1:51pm April 14, 2020

by Ashley Westerman

Americans overseas trying to complete international adoptions have urged the government to expedite their children's visas so they can return as a family.