Last updated: October 23, 2023

The humanitarian conditions in Gaza have continued to deteriorate since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent IDF offensive in Gaza. Over 700,000 civilians have evacuated northern areas of Gaza and moved southward as Israel prepares for a ground offensive, and 350,000 people still remain in Gaza City and the...

On September 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake and several strong aftershocks struck central Morocco, about 46 miles southeast of Marrakech. Recent reports indicate that the earthquake and its aftershocks resulted in the deaths of more than 2,100 people and injured more than 2,400 others as of September 10. The number of recorded casualties will almost certainly increase in the coming days as humanitarian assessments and search-and-rescue operations continue. The earthquakes affected remote, mountainous areas in...

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Road traffic crashes are now the leading cause of death for young adults worldwide. Ninety percent of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In Tanzania, death from road traffic crashes is estimated to be roughly double the global rate. There is no public emergency medical services system, and the private ambulances that do exist are prohibitively expensive for average civilians. Consequently, most people are transported to health facilities by untrained laypeople.

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An armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began on 15 April 2023, has led Sudan to the brink of renewed civil war.  Fighting broke out in western Sudan, in the capital city of Khartoum and in the Darfur region. As of 25 April, at least 559 people have been killed and more than 4,000 others had been injured. The conflict began with attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on key government sites, and...