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conflict zones such as Gezira, Khartoum, Darfur and the Kordofan regions, the shortages are particularly dire. A United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) emergency [report](https://www.unfpa.org/resources/flash-update-situation-el-fasher-sudan-october-28-2025) from August 2025 highlighted that the only functioning
conflict zone](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/nx-s1-5833095/drc-ebola-africa) One is the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola, with no vaccine or treatment. The other is the anger and suspicion of residents who have pelted her with stones and verbal
conflict zone, with a quarter of million people displaced from their homes and people moving across porous borders into neighbouring countries. However, the WHO's declaration of a public health emergency of international concern does
zones and now across the border, is extremely concerning,” warned Trish Newport with the medical aid organisation Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF. “In Ituri, many people already struggle to access
zones have become non-functional because of targeted attacks and looting. At least 145 verified attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel have been documented, leaving about 65 percent of Sudan’s population without adequate access
conflict zone  Red Cross workers bury an Ebola victim at the Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara
conflict between Israel and Hezbollah - the Lebanese militia and political party that is funded and armed by Iran - started on 2 March after the group fired rockets into Israel, which responded with widespread air strikes
medical infrastructure](/features/2026/4/3/how-israel-is-destroying-healthcare-infrastructure-in-southern-lebanon). Experts told Al Jazeera that those acts, along with the destruction of Lebanon’s water infrastructure, are part of a concerted effort to create an [uninhabitable buffer zone](/features/longform/2024/3/25/israels-toxic-legacy-bombing-southern-lebanon-with-white-phosphorus) in southern Lebanon
zones. The graphic below breaks down the estimated number of civilians killed for every US soldier in the Korean, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq wars. ![INTERACTIVE - CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN US WARS - APRIL 24, 2026 copy
conflict with the U.S. and Israel. The visit followed a whirlwind week of diplomacy for Iran as it seeks political leverage and foreign backing. Talks with the U.S. remain on hold. Meanwhile, the Israeli military
conflict, not a nuclear disaster. But on the morning of 26 April 1986, Serhiy remembers waking around 6am, full of excitement, to find his wedding day had dawned gloriously sunny. He had errands