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Alarm over mass civilian casualties, targeting of humanitarians…

We need to act now to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan

Plan International demands urgent aid and access to civilians…

Armed actors need to protect all civilians trapped in the city by guaranteeing access to humanitarian aid and their safe passage.

Plan International calls for protection of humanitarian spaces…

Plan International stands in solidarity with our partner organisation, Save Youth Future Society whose field office in Gaza was forcibly entered and temporarily occupied by Israeli forces on…

“We have a short window to save as many lives as possible”…

Israel have agreed to pause military operations for 10 a hours day in 3 populated areas of Gaza to allow the UN and humanitarian organisations to deliver food and medicine to people "until further…

As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those…

A joint statement from more than 100 organisations, sounding the alarm to allow life-saving aid into Gaza.

“It is not remotely humanitarian” – Plan International…

Plan International fully opposes the reports of an Israeli planned camp in Gaza which has been described as a ‘humanitarian city’ for Palestinians, warning it could not be further from a…

Gaza: Starvation or gunfire – this is not a humanitarian…

160+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade…

All armed groups must respect the neutrality and independence…

We urge all armed groups to respect the neutrality and independence of humanitarian actors and to refrain from using or referencing our signage in their public messaging.

Time is running out for Sudan students yet to sit their December…

400,000 internally displaced students in Sudan and 17,000 refugee students in Chad were unable to sit their final exams in December.

School examinations in Sudan pose protection risk for children…

Upcoming school examinations in Sudan pose huge protection risk for children as they move across conflict areas to sit the exams.

Plan International condemns sexual violence against girls in…

We are deeply disturbed by the continued use of sexual violence against women and girls, amidst a conflict that is showing no signs of yielding.

Schools should not be a target in any conflict

Nearly 500 days since the conflict in Sudan and this latest attack on schools in North Kordofan has blown dreams of children returning to the classroom.