Friday, September 25, 2026 • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed a sharp rise in the numbers fleeing from Sudan to Chad, at more than 400 people a day over the past week — twenty times the daily average of recent months — fleeing fighting in Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile, while humanitarian funding has reached only 18% of needs totalling $1.6 billion. (Source: Reuters / United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) • Voluntary return journeys have begun for Sudanese refugees in Uganda to their country, and the first batch (150 people) arrived in Khartoum last Sunday, as part of a project implemented by the Kuwaiti Direct Aid Society under the supervision of the Embassy of the State of Kuwait and in coordination with the Sudanese and Ugandan authorities, with the first phase covering the return of two thousand refugees wishing to return. (Source: The Eastleigh Voice) • The World Food Programme warned of a severe funding shortfall threatening millions of Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries, and said its food assistance could stop entirely in Central Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya in the coming months, while vulnerable refugees in Uganda are living on fewer than 500 calories a day. (Source: World Food Programme)
— Editorial Team