{"id":229158,"date":"2026-10-30T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-5-children-killed-in-sudan-haiti-hunger-emergency-yemen-war-update-un-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T00:57:00","slug":"world-news-in-brief-5-children-killed-in-sudan-haiti-hunger-emergency-yemen-war-update-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-5-children-killed-in-sudan-haiti-hunger-emergency-yemen-war-update-un-news\/","title":{"rendered":"World News in Brief: 5 children killed in Sudan, Haiti hunger emergency, Yemen war update – UN News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At least five children were killed and two others injured in a drone attack on a market in Nyala, in Sudan\u2019s South Darfur state, on Monday, the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.<\/span>
The victims were three boys and two girls aged between seven and 14, according to Etleva Kadilli, UNICEF<\/a> Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa.
The attack came a week after armed drone strikes reportedly killed at least 80 people, including women and children, in a busy market in Abyei.
\u201cMarkets are places where families buy food and people work to make a living. A trip to the market should never cost a child their life,\u201d Ms. Kadilli said.
More than 400 children were reported killed or injured in Sudan between January and September this year. Armed drone attacks caused a significant share of these casualties, UNICEF said. Drone strikes have also damaged homes, schools, health facilities, water systems and markets.
\u201cFor children in Sudan, even the most ordinary parts of daily life are becoming increasingly dangerous,\u201d Ms. Kadilli said.
\u201cAfter more than three years of conflict, children in Sudan need greater protection from violence, not new ways for the conflict to reach them. The killing and injuring of children must end.\u201d
More than 5.9 million people in Haiti face high levels of acute food insecurity, amid a deepening hunger crisis driven by violent insecurity and this year\u2019s strong El Ni\u00f1o.
That\u2019s the warning from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO<\/a>), which cited the latest assessments indicating that the island nation has one of the highest levels of hunger in the world today, affecting more than one in two people.
\u201cThe issues around violence are impacting people\u2019s access to markets, access to their land, access to agricultural inputs,\u201d said Rein Paulsen, Director of FAO\u2019s Office of Emergencies and Resilience.
\u201cAnd then in addition to this, of course we have a very, very strong El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon, which is impacting many parts of the world. It\u2019s impacting the Caribbean, and for Haiti this means much drier conditions than normal and higher temperatures.\u201d
El Ni\u00f1o is expected to contribute to crop losses and delayed planting, pushing acute food insecurity in Haiti to even more critical levels next year. 
At the same time, inflation running at approximately 17 per cent is eroding purchasing power and reducing households\u2019 access to sufficient and diversified food.
To help, FAO offers emergency assistance kits that include seeds, poultry and ducks, as well as goats and other animals. These help farmers start producing milk and eggs to sell at market immediately and give them access to food to sustain their families.
Separately, the World Food Programme (WFP<\/a>) warned on Thursday that acute hunger is on track to reach record levels, with some 6.35 million people projected to face acute food insecurity between March and June next year.
WFP has supported 2.6 million people so far in 2026 and needs $78 million to sustain operations through March. 
The Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Haiti remains less than half funded.
The UN World Health Organization (WHO<\/a>) has delivered trauma and emergency surgery kits to hospitals facing acute shortages in Taiz City, which remains almost entirely surrounded by Houthi forces.
The lifesaving shipment reached the city at the weekend and has been shared among several facilities, according to a WHO update on Wednesday.
The agency noted that movement restrictions in Taiz City have forced community midwives to stop working. Access to Taiz province from Government-controlled Aden and from the west coast also remains restricted.
WHO highlighted acute shortages of medicines, fuel and water in Taiz. 
It also warned of an increased risk of disease outbreaks: waste management has been disrupted, and the city\u2019s dumps are too dangerous to reach because of the ongoing conflict.
Further north, in Marib governorate, primary healthcare is on the \u201cverge of collapse\u201d because of funding cuts. 
Only six out of 31 mobile medical teams are still operational and 15 health facilities have stopped functioning altogether.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged continued international support for Ukraine\u2019s population as Russian airstrikes intensify and humanitarian needs grow in advance of another bitterly cold winter.<\/span>
Around 36,600 people have fled into northern Kenya following an uptick in fighting on the Ethiopian side of the border. <\/span>
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