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BBC News
24-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Bath public toilets are 'few and far between', council told
A lack of public toilets in a city has left elderly people in tears and pushed customers away from local businesses, councillors have and North East Somerset Council has unanimously backed a call to review the "very few and far between" public toilet provision in the tour guide Ed Browning told a council meeting: "The one constant negative is the embarrassment of apologising for the lack of public facilities."But senior councillors have warned it will be a "huge challenge" to improve the situation. Mr Browning, whose family also run the delicatessen in the Guildhall Market, told the meeting on on 17 July he had seen elderly people reduced to tears after not being able to reach the toilet in time."Aside from 'what's a scotch egg?', the most consistent question I get on a daily basis is 'where are the toilets?'," he said. 'Significant' vandalism Councillors were voting over a motion tabled by Robin Moss, the leader of the Labour opposition on the council, to assess the need for public toilets and "prioritise better provision of clean, accessible public toilets" across Bath and North East Somerset. Independent councillor Shaun Hughes, who represents Midsomer Norton, said the lack of public toilets there was one of the issues most commonly raised with him by the said: "We know this affects footfall in our town, but more importantly excludes large sections of our community. It undermines dignity. It makes our town less accessible."The council's cabinet member for economic and cultural sustainable development Paul Roper seconded the motion which he said was already something under review and being he warned: "We will face a huge challenge on providing the necessary funding to significantly improve and increase the current provisions."He added: "The issues we face are not just about funding. I cannot overstate the significance of vandalism and anti-social behaviour."Our existing facilities are subject to significant vandalism and in some cases within a matter of hours of being repaired they are shut again."
TimesLIVE
02-07-2025
- General
- TimesLIVE
Food supplies to some Sudan refugees could dry up within 2 months: WFP
Food aid to help Sudanese refugees in four neighbouring countries could end within the next couple of months without an urgent injection of new funding, a World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Tuesday, warning of rising malnutrition levels. More than 4-million refugees have fled Sudan's more than two-year civil war to seven neighbouring countries where shelter conditions are widely viewed as inadequate due to chronic funding shortages. "Unless new funding is secured, all refugees will face assistance cuts in the coming months," Shaun Hughes, the WFP's emergency coordinator for the Sudan regional crisis, told a Geneva press briefing, calling for $200m (R3.54bn) over six months. "In the case of four countries — that's the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya — WFP's operations are now so severely underfunded, that all support could cease in the coming months as resources run dry," he said, clarifying later that this could happen within two months. Many of those fleeing are escaping from hunger hotspots in Sudan.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Sudanese fleeing war are at risk of worsening hunger in neighboring nations, UN warns
CAIRO (AP) — Millions of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan risk falling deeper into hunger as they seek refuge in countries already grappling with food insecurity, the United Nations warned. The World Food Program, the U.N.'s food agency, said Monday that over four million Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries are at risk of suffering further food insecurities as crucial funding for life-saving food assistance is expected to dwindle in the coming months in the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Uganda and Chad. About 40,000 people have been killed and nearly 13 million displaced, including to other countries, by Sudan's civil war that began in April 2023, according to estimates from U.N. agencies. Nearly half of the population remaining in Sudan is facing acute food insecurity, with some areas of the country suffering from malnutrition, which has killed 239 children in the past six months in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, the Sudan Doctors Network said. The group said the children died as a result of severe shortages of food and medicine, and the bombing of nutrition warehouses in the Sudanese province between January and June. Sudan plunged into war in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the Sudanese army and its paramilitary rival, the Rapid Support Forces, escalated to fighting in the capital of Khartoum and spread across the country. But those fleeing the conflict continue to suffer from malnutrition even beyond Sudan's borders. 'Refugees from Sudan are fleeing for their lives and yet are being met with more hunger, despair, and limited resources on the other side of the border,' said Shaun Hughes, WFP's Emergency Coordinator for the Sudan Regional Crisis. 'Food assistance is a lifeline for vulnerable refugee families with nowhere else to turn.' Food insecurity and famine conditions have spread across Sudan. The Darfur Victims Support Organization on Tuesday posted pictures on Facebook showing scores of citizens lining up to receive a meal from a charity kitchen. The group appealed to international organizations to take notice of the humanitarian situation in the city and called on armed groups to declare a truce and open corridors to deliver much needed civilian aid. The southern part of El Fasher saw renewed clashes between the army and the RSF Monday morning despite the U.N. calling for a week-long ceasefire in the city for aid distribution, which the Sudanese army accepted, the Darfur-based group said. The El Fasher Resistance Committee said Sunday that heavy artillery shelling targeted several residential areas and the livestock market for the third day in a row, killing and injuring civilians amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the area. The Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development have also had an impact, with programs being defunded. In Sudan, 90 communal kitchens closed in Khartoum, leaving more than half a million people without consistent access to food, according to the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid organization.
Time of India
01-07-2025
- General
- Time of India
Sudanese fleeing war are at risk of worsening hunger in neighbouring nations, UN warns
Sudanese fleeing war are at risk of worsening hunger in neighboring nations, UN warns (AP) CAIRO: Millions of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan risk falling deeper into hunger as they seek refuge in countries already grappling with food insecurity, the United Nations warned. The World Food Programme, the UN's food agency, said Monday that over four million Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries are at risk of suffering further food insecurities as crucial funding for life-saving food assistance is expected to dwindle in the coming months in the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Uganda and Chad. About 40,000 people have been killed and nearly 13 million displaced, including to other countries, by Sudan's civil war that began in April 2023, according to estimates from UN agencies. Nearly half of the population remaining in Sudan is facing acute food insecurity, with some areas of the country suffering from malnutrition, which has killed 239 children in the past six months in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, the Sudan Doctors Network said. The group said the children died as a result of severe shortages of food and medicine, and the bombing of nutrition warehouses in the Sudanese province between January and June. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like ¿Padece una enfermedad renal crónica (ERC)? Trialbee Más información Undo Sudan plunged into war in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the Sudanese army and its paramilitary rival, the Rapid Support Forces, escalated to fighting in the capital of Khartoum and spread across the country. But those fleeing the conflict continue to suffer from malnutrition even beyond Sudan's borders. "Refugees from Sudan are fleeing for their lives and yet are being met with more hunger, despair, and limited resources on the other side of the border," said Shaun Hughes, WFP's emergency coordinator for the Sudan Regional Crisis. "Food assistance is a lifeline for vulnerable refugee families with nowhere else to turn." Food insecurity and famine conditions have spread across Sudan. The Darfur Victims Support Organisation on Tuesday posted pictures on Facebook showing scores of citizens lining up to receive a meal from a charity kitchen. The group appealed to international organisations to take notice of the humanitarian situation in the city and called on armed groups to declare a truce and open corridors to deliver much-needed civilian aid. The southern part of El Fasher saw renewed clashes between the army and the RSF Monday morning despite the UN calling for a week-long ceasefire in the city for aid distribution, which the Sudanese army accepted, the Darfur-based group said. The El Fasher Resistance Committee said Sunday that heavy artillery shelling targeted several residential areas and the livestock market for the third day in a row, killing and injuring civilians amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the area. The Trump administration's cuts to the US Agency for International Development have also had an impact, with programmes being defunded. In Sudan, 90 communal kitchens closed in Khartoum, leaving more than half a million people without consistent access to food, according to the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid organisation.
LBCI
01-07-2025
- General
- LBCI
Food supplies to some Sudan refugees could dry up within 2 months: WFP
Food aid to help Sudanese refugees in four neighboring countries could end within the next couple of months without an urgent injection of new funding, a World Food Program (WFP) official said on Tuesday, warning of rising malnutrition levels. Over 4 million refugees have fled Sudan's more than two-year civil war to seven neighboring countries where shelter conditions are widely viewed as inadequate due to chronic funding shortages. "Unless new funding is secured, all refugees will face assistance cuts in the coming months," Shaun Hughes, the WFP's emergency coordinator for the Sudan regional crisis, told a Geneva press briefing, calling for $200 million over six months. "In the case of four countries - that's the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya - WFP's operations are now so severely underfunded, that all support could cease in the coming months as resources run dry," he said, clarifying later that this could happen within two months. Reuters
