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Recent drone strikes in El Fasher, North Darfur, have killed dozens of people sheltering in a displacement centre, including 17 children.

In a significant step forward for girls’ rights, the new law (no. 1639), enacted by the President of the Republic of Bolivia, bans child marriage and early unions without exceptions. The law enters into force on 25 September.

Following the attack in El-Fasher, Darfur, on 19 September, Plan International Sudan is sounding the alarm over the rising civilian casualties from the recent upsurge in fighting across the country, warning that it could further deepen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation.

The UN Commission of Inquiry has determined that genocide is occurring in Gaza, concluding that Israeli authorities and security forces are committing some of the worst crimes imaginable against Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel have agreed to pause military operations for 10 hours a day in three populated areas of Gaza – El-Mawasi area, central Deir al-Balah and northern Gaza City – to allow the UN and humanitarian organisations to deliver food and medicine to people “until further notice”.

Sudan is facing the world’s worst hunger crisis. We are already seeing signs of mass starvation in camps where mothers arrive unable to feed their children and today the IPC have warned the situation is only going to get worse.

Plan International is profoundly disturbed by the chaos that has erupted today during the first day of food distribution of the Israeli government’s scheme implemented by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and US private security firms.

Plan International is horrified by the return to hostilities in Gaza with Israeli airstrikes overnight that have killed at least 300 people, many of them children and women.