I’ve seen some misinformation going around, so to preempt that: here is the entire UNOCHA infographic released on May 8 2024.

Some people have zoomed in on the “24,000 identified” bit to suggest the death toll has gone down. Anybody still remotely sane and living on earth knows that even 35,000 is a vast undercount, but a UN spokesperson did later clarify:

For 9 months the situation in Sudan has only been getting worse. The war on the capitol khartoum continues to spread and extend to other majors cities such as madani.

The RSF loots, kills and abuses in cities and states nearby khartoum. Keep eyes on sudan, keep eyes on khartoum, madani, sinnar and keep eyes on darfur and the atrocities preformed on the ethnic tribes of darfur.

Keep eyes on Sudan and the fragile healthcare system that extends through ALL the cities of sudan, and the people duing for lack of facilites and lack of medication.

24 October is United Nations Day.  To recognize this day, we are sharing an episode The Oxford Comment podcast where we were lucky to feature members of the communications’ team at @united-nations on World Humanitarian Day. 

World Humanitarian Day is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world. In 2018, the United Nations centered their campaign around civilians in war zones using #NotATarget. 

This World Humanitarian Day 2024 dedication ensures that aid can be delivered, lives can be saved, and hope can prevail—even in the darkest of times, where the normalization of violence and impunity threatens to undermine the very fabric of humanitarian work.

August 19th marks World Humanitarian Day. The Day commemorates the tragic bomb attack of the UN headquarters in Baghdad in 2003, which killed 22 humanitarian aid workers.

Watch the observance of the World Humanitarian Day 2024!

2023 marked the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers and 2024 could be even worse. Despite 75 years of international law to protect civilians and aid workers, violations continue. Civilians and humanitarian workers are paying the price with their lives, while those responsible escape justice.

On World Humanitarian Day, August 19, join our call to end these violations and the impunity that allows them.

IT'S TIME FOR THOSE IN POWER TO #ACTFORHUMANITY.

Annual observance of World Humanitarian Day 2024 at the Palais des Nations, UN Geneva, Switzerland.

Watch the World Humanitarian Day 2024 - UN Geneva commemoration!