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Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem December 12, 2025

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population who are living in tents after two years of Israeli bombardment. Thousands of homeless people have been washed out of their makeshift shelt…

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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent August 14, 2025

MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated waterThe “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Fro…

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Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent July 17, 2025

The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stallsChildren in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian cris…

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