LIBREVILLE: Thousands of children whose families fled the conflict in Sudan for neighboring Chad are suffering from severe malnutrition, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Friday, appealing for emergency food aid.
Chad hosts the highest number of refugees from Sudan, where a war erupted in April between the army and paramilitaries.
More than 8,000 people fled from Sudan to Chad in the first week of November alone, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: One more US servicemember suffered minor injuries on Friday during the latest wave of attacks against American forces in Syria and Iraq, two US officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The United States has blamed Iran and militia groups it supports for the more than 60 attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria since mid-October as regional tensions soar over the Israel-Hamas war, which began on Oct. 7.