Waves of Sudanese families flee expanding war, arrive in impoverished Chad

As the humanitarian situation in the area worsens, thousands more Sudanese people are fleeing the country’s bloody war.

According to the most recent data that the UN has confirmed, more than 4.3 million Sudanese have emigrated to neighboring countries since the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) joined the civil war in April 2023.

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Nearly 12 million people are being forced to flee their homes in Sudan because of the worst displacement crisis in history.

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people are reportedly preparing to travel to eastern Chad because they think it will be safer and where they can get food. However, they are traveling to a nation where about 7 million people, at least 50% of them children, already require aid from the humanitarian system.

Every day, thousands of families visit Tine, a border town between Sudan and Chad.

Abdulsalam Abubakar, a Tine resident, informed Ahmed Idris that the same amount of money he used to purchase food and other essential items a few days ago will no longer be able to purchase the same amount.

He said, “Nothing in the market here is cheap, everything is expensive.”

The food producers claim that the price of food is going up because of the dramatically increased demand during the most severe wartimes.

More than 10,000 Sudanese people came here after their country collapsed, according to trader Khadijah Kurgule, adding that “now food is expensive.”

She told Al Jazeera, “There are goods everywhere, but people can’t afford them.”

More than one million people have entered Chad since the start of the Sudanese war thanks to the thousands who have fled the RSF-led mass killings in and around El-Fasher.

Idris, a journalist for Al Jazeera, claimed that Sudan’s refugees’ constant arrivals have increased the need for food, shelter, and water.

He claimed that humanitarian aid workers worry that this could cause host and refugee communities to rift.

Long lines have developed at distribution points for water and aid collection, and overextended hospitals and schools have also become a common occurrence.

UNHCR representative on the ground, John-Paul Habamungu, claimed that there are no schools for the majority of the new Sudanese population.

“We lack the funds to build, at least temporarily, learning spaces. He claimed that we lack the resources to find teachers.

Aid workers have warned that the worst may still be coming as the conflict in Sudan continues to rage indefinitely, despite the UN’s efforts to relocate several thousand refugees to nearby areas.

Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy leader of the RSF, and Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo’s brother, were subject to sanctions by the European Union on Thursday for crimes committed during the El-Fasher storm.

According to the European Commission, the sanctions place Dagalo under an EU-wide travel ban, freeze potential assets, and forbid him from making indirect or direct profits from other resources within the bloc’s 27 nations.

Arsenal vs Tottenham: Premier League – team news, start, lineups

Who: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Arsenal
What: English Premier League
Where: The Emirates Stadium, London
When: Sunday at 4:30pm (16:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 13:30 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.

Arsenal and Tottenham take on Tottenham in the North London derby, the standout Premier League game of the weekend, with Spurs attempting to deny their bitter rivals’ title hopes while reviving their own sluggish season.

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League leaders Arsenal are 26 points ahead of second-placed Man City, but their streak of 10 straight victories and eight straight clean sheets came to an end with a 2-2 draw at Sunderland before the international break.

Spurs are fifth with 18 points going into the weekend, which probably flatters Thomas Frank’s side, who have been incredibly creative and prone to defensive errors.

Spurs travel to the Emirates with the best away record in the league this season despite dominating recent derbies that were unbeaten in the last six.

Gabriel’s “weeks” off are a major blow to Arsenal.

Manager Mikel Arteta confirmed on Friday that Gabriel Magalhaes, a defender for Arsenal, will be out of action for “weeks” due to a broken ankle sustained while on international duty.

The Brazil center-back has always been present in the Premier League for the Gunners’ back line, which has allowed just five goals in 11 games. However, he injured his thigh during Brazil’s 2-0 friendly win over Senegal at the Emirates Stadium last weekend.

He’s our leader in our back line, which is a blow to me, Arteta said.

The good news is that there are excellent options and that people must now stand up and carry out their duties.

[Ryan Pierse/Getty Images] Gabriel is replaced after sustaining an injury in a friendly between Brazil and Senegal.

A “privilege” to lead Arsenal in the derby, according to Arteta.

Arteta spoke to Arsenal’s internal media about the enthusiasm for the north London derby and how honored he is to play in these events.

We’ve changed a lot over the years, and it’s just beautiful, especially when we play in front of our people, he said, because we know what it means to them.

It’s just a privilege to play those kinds of games because of the energy they’re going to bring, the team’s energy in every single action. We are looking forward to Sunday.

Against Arsenal, Frank wants “controlled chaos.”

Spurs are still far behind their archrivals, according to the manager of Tottenham, who believes they can disrupt Arteta’s side on Sunday.

Frank, who will be getting his first taste of the derby, said to reporters, “The interesting thing is that probably both Mikel and I would like a little bit more of a controlled game, but it will probably end up completely madhouse.”

“I anticipate a challenging [match], but one that can go anywhere,” the player said.

With an emphasis on set-pieces and data that were so effective at Brentford, Frank is regarded as a much more pragmatic coach than Ange Postecoglou, the coach he replaced in the close season.

Frank won’t be telling his side on Sunday to just hope to get a point.

Because chaos can be good, Frank remarked, “Avoid controlled chaos, or chaos we like to create, if that makes sense.” “Chaos can be transitions, high-pressure sets-piece second phases, and all of those are areas we would like to exploit if we can,” he said.

By the way, we never want a goal of 0-0. Even though it might come to an end, we will always try to win. Always, always, always. “

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 01: Mohammed Kudus of Tottenham Hotspur is challenged by Marc Cucurella of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on November 01, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
Mohammed Kudus has been one of Tottenham’s best players this season, but he will miss Sunday’s game due to a knock. [Alex Pantling/Getty Images]

Tottenham’s impressive away form

The Dane said that will give them confidence ahead of Sunday’s showdown after Frank’s side took 13 points from five games.

By a considerable margin, “Arsenal are at the top of the table,” Frank said. Although they have been around for a while, we need to do everything to reverse that.

“There will be one game on Sunday,” says the coach. I’ll try my best to defeat them.

Head-to-head

Spurs and Arsenal have fought each other on 211 occasions, with Arsenal winning 89 of those matches and Tottenham winning 67, with 55 of those games ending in draws.

Tottenham have won just two of their last ten meetings with Arsenal since December 2020, and the Gunners did it twice last year over their rivals last year.

Tottenham have won the Premier League twice in the last 15 years, winning with a 3-2 victory over their neighbors at the Emirates, but they haven’t won at the Emirates since a League Cup game in 2018.

In the Premier League, Spurs last defeated Arsenal 3-3 in May 2022.

news from the Arsenal team

Arsenal will miss Gabriel, but Piero Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera, who have been signed this summer, offer strong backup options.

Martin Odegaard, the club’s captain, is still out with a knee injury, while Kai Havertz, who has recovered from a relapse, has been ruled out. After suffering an ACL tear, Forward Gabriel Jesus is slowly recovering, but he won’t be expected to return until the new year.

As they continue to recover from injuries, left-back Riccardo Calafiori, wingers Gabriel Martinelli and Noni Madueke, and striker Viktor Gyokeres are major doubts.

Eberechi Eze will likely start on the left wing while Leandro Trossard is likely to receive the nod.

Arsenal’s starting XI was anticipated

Raya, Timber, Saliba, Hincapie, Calafiori, Eze, Zubimendi, Rice, Saka, Merino, Trossard, and others

news from the Tottenham team

Randal Kolo Muani, who was injured in the team’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United last time out, is back.

Pape Matar Sarr is also available in the Spurs squad despite suffering a broken foot while playing for Senegal, as is midfielder Lucas Bergvall, who was forced to leave the Sweden squad.

Mohammed Kudus’ recovery from a knock against the Gunners is still a mystery.

As they recover from injuries, Kota Takai, and Radu Dragusin are all facing serious doubts.

Due to longer-term issues, Spurs are still without Yves Bissouma, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, and Dominic Solanke.

Tottenham’s starting XI was anticipated

Deadly skies: Why Nepal is one of the most dangerous places to fly

Nepal’s aviation crisis is investigated by 101 East, which takes to the skies.

An aviation emergency is brewing in Nepal.

One of the world’s most hazardous places to fly is the South Asian nation, which is located in the Himalayas.

Nearly 40 crashes involving all types of aircraft, from helicopters to double-engine planes, have claimed hundreds of lives since 2010.

Nepal’s tourism sector, one of the country’s main economic drivers, benefits enormously from aviation, but critics claim that more people must be killed before it can be.

Israeli violence in the West Bank is spiralling

The West Bank’s affluent citizens are being assaulted, and violence is out of control.

Israeli settlement violence against Palestinians is at an all-time high in the West Bank, despite little mainstream media coverage. The few journalists who attempt to cover it frequently experience self-aggrandize.

Despite the state’s explicit support for the settlers, the settlers are frequently portrayed as fringe actors when the violence is covered up. The West Bank is currently in the process of de facto annexation, but the majority of the world’s media is still on the fence.

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Senior editor, + 972 Magazine, Ben Reiff
Journalist Jasper Nathaniel
Bethlehem-based journalist Leila Warah
Ramallah-based journalist Mariam Barghouti

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Much of the American media is echoing the rhetoric from the Trump administration calling for the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. And critics warn that Venezuela is being called a “narco-state” by journalists in response to the media’s advocacy of US military intervention.

Defossilating the truth: battling fossil fuel disinformation

We spoke with UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights Elisa Morgera about disinformation, which is a major obstacle to effective climate action, as the COP30 climate summit in Belem came to a close this week.

Her most recent report exposes how climate justice advocates and policymakers are fighting decades of concerted greenwashing by some of the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world, efforts that continue to thwart and undermine meaningful progress at this crucial time.

Aftershock shakes Bangladesh as earthquake death toll rises to 10

Bangladesh was shaken by a low-magnitude tremor a day after a serious earthquake struck the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 10 people.

Disaster management official Ishtiaqe Ahmed, who updated earlier tolls from Friday’s magnitude 5.5 earthquake, reported on Saturday that “a few hundred were hurt while the casualties have reached 10”.

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Dhaka and the nearby districts experienced widespread destruction and panic as a result of Friday’s earthquake.

Another minor jolt was reported on Saturday at 10:36 a.m. (04:36 GMT), according to Omar Faruq of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

The meteorologist told AFP that Ashulia, north of the capital, was at the epicenter of the 3.3 tremor.

Aftershocks are common following powerful earthquakes, but some in Bangladesh are concerned about even greater disasters.

“I don’t feel safe yet because Ashulia experienced another jolt this morning. Shahnaj Parvin, who lives close to the epicenter of Friday’s earthquake and has never been in the same situation before, speculated that we might be the next.

She claimed that dozens of her neighborhood’s homes have developed cracks.

When the tremor struck, Parvin continued, “I was hanging my children’s clothes on the washing line.”

To coordinate relief and rescue operations, the government has activated Bangladesh’s emergency operation center.

The country of 170 million people are earthquake-prone due to Bangladesh’s geography, according to Rubayet Kabir of the Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation and Research Centre.

After any significant earthquake, Kabir predicted that there would be some minor tremors. Bangladesh has been vulnerable for a while, he told AFP, “but there hasn’t been a major earthquake in the last 100 years or more.”

A Dhaka resident named Shadman Sakif Islam told Al Jazeera on Friday that a “massive shake” started to occur as the earth shook as a result of “small ripples” he noticed in his coffee.

He continued, “My chair and the table started shaking wildly, and I spent ten to fifteen seconds staring blankly at what was happening.”

The resident continued, “I’ve never felt this in my entire life; I felt like going on a boat and riding massive waves one after another.”

Travis Head scores century as Australia defeat England in Perth Test

As England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron on Saturday, Travis Head’s makeshift opener smacked a 69-ball century to win the first high-speed Ashes Test.

Head slammed 123 in a 205-win innings as the hosts won by eight wickets on day one of the five-match series. Steve Smith and Marshall Labuschagne both had 51 and were on two.

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After lunch, the marauding pace pair Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc unleashed a stunning England collapse, leading to Head’s heroics.

With four wickets in as many overs, Boland and Starc left the visitors reeling, but they were 65-1 and extending an ominous lead.

Ben Duckett (28), Ollie Pope (33), and Harry Brook (23), all accounted for in 11 balls by a ruthless Boland, and Joe Root was ordered to pack up for eight more with two deliveries later.

England were flailing at 88-6 when Starc removed skipper Ben Stokes (2), and the veteran paceman had only managed to get a 10-wicket haul in his third start, a career-best 7-58.

Before being rolled for 164 at tea, England were only partially rescued by a crucial 50-run stand between Brydon Carse (20) and Gus Atkinson (30).

Usman Khawaja struggled back stiffness when they returned, with Australia signaling their intentions by sending in Head.

Head, who has opened nine times in Test cricket, quickly adapted to his destructive rhythm, scoring big sixes off Mark Wood and Carse.

He scored a half-century in 36 balls, passing 4, 000 Test runs in the process, making it look easy on him by mocking the struggles other batsmen faced on the bouncy track.

Jake Weatherald, the debutant, also launched an attack in an effort to emulate him, but it cost him, who was knocked out for 23 after Ben Duckett off Carse with a mistimed pull shot.

On the way to a 10th Test century, Jofra Archer was sent a six back over the head of an unruffled Head, who kept the pressure on.

He eventually sided with Carse, who had hoped for a bigger hit.

In the second innings of his 123 against England, Head hit 16 4s and four 6s. [Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters]

Starc stars

Australia regrouped with a paltry 123-9 lead in their opening innings, adding just nine before Carse removed Lyon for four as England’s 40-run lead was taken.

Stokes won the game’s opener by winning 5-23 off just 36 balls, giving England the first-ever Test win in Australia since the 2010-11 series.

They had all already lost on Starc for 172.

The 35-year-old’s ability to emulate his success in the second innings was stoked by the sold-out Perth Stadium crowd when he removed Zak Crawley in his first over.

Crawley was given a pair by the veteran, who jumped to his left in an incredible athleticism for a memorable caught-and-bowled.

At 59-1, Duckett and Pope made their way to lunch.

When they returned, Scott Boland started to notice his radar.

After Duckett edged to Steve Smith in the slips, Pope beat wicketkeeper Alex Carey, and Brook then performed the same to Khawaja.

Joe Root dragged a thick edge onto his stumps to cap a poor series start after a first-inning duck. However, the relentless Starc could not match him.

After that, Brendan Doggett cleaned Jamie Smith (15), Carse (15), and Archer (15).

Mitchell Starc reacts.
Mitchell Starc of Australia celebrates taking England’s Joe Root, right, for a wicket in the second innings [Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters]