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The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said Sudan is facing its worst flooding in decades. More than 830,000 people are affected in all of Sudan’s 18 states, and the numbers continue to increase. OCHA

This site is the first of five under UN protection to be officially re-designated as an IDP camp under the sovereign control of the South Sudan government. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the Jonglei State authorities and the UN Mission in South Sudan. It commits the government to providing protection and ensuring none of the 1900 residents remaining are forced to leave the site. A government delegation visited the site to reassure residents about the change in status. UNMISS

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Escalating conflict linked to an insurgency in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and will likely prolong crisis levels of food insecurity there, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Conflict zone populations face gravest threat of hunger amid COVID-19, aid experts tell Security Council, warning food insecurity worldwide expected to double by year’s end.

Amid rising COVID-19 infection rates, medical supply shortages in Syria, more testing key to gauging extent of outbreak, humanitarian chief tells Security Council.

Despite ceasefire agreement in South Sudan, intercommunal conflicts increase, humanitarian needs grow, civil society representative tells Security Council.

Situation in Darfur volatile as attacks on civilians increase, Chair of 1591 Committee tells Security Council.

Hundreds of asylum-seekers took shelter in UNHCR-supplied tents on Greece’s Lesvos Island on Friday, but thousands more were still sleeping rough on the street after fires destroyed the overcrowded Moria camp where they had been living. UNHCR

Informal comments to the media by Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of the Niger to the United Nations and the President of the Security Council for the month of September, on children and armed conflict.