SUDAN: At least 11.5 million people have been displaced and 3.1 million are seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, the United Nations said on Monday.

Edem Wosornu, director of the promotion and operations division of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Aid, said “a humanitarian crisis of astonishing proportions” had been caused by the civil war raging in Sudan since April 15 2023.

INDIA: At least nine workers are trapped inside a coalmine in the north-eastern state of Assam, officials said today, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.