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Sudan – The International Organization for Migration stated yesterday, Sunday, that more than 328 thousand people have been displaced from Al-Fasher in North Darfur State, western Sudan, due to fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces during the past three months.

The international organization stated, in a statement, that the Displacement Tracking Matrix in Sudan monitored the ongoing escalation in clashes between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces across multiple locations in El Fasher.

She added that from April 1, 2024 until June 30, an estimated 328,981 people were reported to have been displaced from El Fasher, without specifying their destinations.

The statement indicated that during June, field teams of the Displacement Tracking Matrix reported an increase in displacement to locations south of El Fasher, as well as to other states in Sudan.

He added, “During June, DTM field teams reported 10 conflict incidents across North Darfur, displacing an estimated 159,325 individuals.”

Since May 10, Al-Fasher has witnessed clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, despite international warnings of battles in the city, which is the center of humanitarian operations for all Darfur states (west).

Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), have been waging a war that has left regarding 15,000 dead and regarding 10 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.

There have been increasing calls from the United Nations and international organizations to spare Sudan a humanitarian disaster that might push millions to famine and death due to food shortages caused by the fighting that has spread to 12 of the country’s 18 states.

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Since then, Ruth has remained in Stratford and, sitting by the railway station, is forced to rely on the generosity of Londoners who donate money to her. The Lithuanian has mental health problems and says that the anxiety of sleeping on the street made her think regarding suicide.

Ruth feels very insecure being homeless and has also been attacked and had her money and passport taken from her.

“It’s very dangerous here at night,” she admitted to MyLondon. “I was beaten a few weeks ago. Some guy beat me until I gave him my purse. At first I resisted, but he kept hitting me and I thought it’s not worth it anymore, so let him take her. I mightn’t get up for a while. It made it harder for me to trust people because we were just having a normal conversation when all of a sudden this happened.”

The 29-year-old girl from Lithuania was not helped by her family, which also lives in the United Kingdom. On the first night when she was thrown out into the street, the woman did not have a proper winter coat and faced the chilly weather with only a light jacket.

“Life on the street is like a vicious circle from which you cannot escape. I am constantly cold, tired and sick. The police are moving me from the place, but there is really nowhere to go. If I do something wrong, fine, arrest me, but where the hell am I going? The police should be looking out for people, but many of them seem cold-blooded towards the homeless.”

The London Borough of Newham has the highest number of homeless people in England, according to the latest Shelter report. A shocking indicator – one in 20 residents of the district does not have a permanent home. This data does not only include homeless people who sleep on the streets on a regular basis, as many homeless people sometimes shelter in Travelodge hotel rooms, B&Bs and tiny apartments. The number of homeless people in London has increased by 11% due to skyrocketing rents and the ever-increasing cost of living.

Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, described the situation as “out of control” with 167,000 homeless people in London. people.

“While the government takes this emergency seriously, our services will do everything they can to help people save or find safe homes this winter,” she said.

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The Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament, Government Spokesman, Mustapha Baitas, stated today, Thursday, that the number of beneficiaries of the wage increase, in implementation of the outcomes of the social dialogue, will reach 1,127,000 employees, highlighting that the cost of this dialogue will approach 45 billion dirhams by the year 2026.

Baitas explained, during a press conference following the weekly meeting of the government council, that these increases will be reflected in the wage bill, which will witness a continuous increase year following year, noting that the minimum net monthly wage in the public sector has increased from 3,000 to 4,500 dirhams, an increase of 50 percent.

He added that the matter also concerns the deletion of Level 7 for employees belonging to the administrative assistant and technical assistant bodies, as well as reviewing the income tax, raising the promotion quota in the grade, and approving other procedures for education employees.

The Minister considered that “this effort made by the government stems from its belief that the social state’s workshop is comprehensive and concerns the vulnerable classes that benefit from the health coverage and social support system, as well as the category of employees and workers.”

He also stressed that “the results of the social dialogue reflect the government’s keenness to commit to strengthening the legal and economic aspects, and to accompany them socially through workshops and measures that have had an impact on citizens.”

Minister of Health and Care Jan Christian Vestre (Ap) explains to VG that it should be opened up for individual assessment in certain cases.

– We are now in favor of an arrangement that gives individual patients the opportunity to access medicines that Norway has initially said no to, says Vestre.

Patients should thus be able to have vital medicines covered, even though the state body Beslutningsforum has for the time being said no to the medicine being introduced nationally.

Criticism has been directed from several quarters once morest long decision-making processes in the Decision Forum. The waiting time has also led to many seriously ill patients paying large sums out of their own pockets to access treatment while they wait.

Vestre clarifies that the scheme must be used in special cases where there are good reasons why the patient’s situation must be assessed individually.

The responsible attending physician can then, together with the medical officer at the hospital, make a request to a committee that the patient should be assessed separately.

The Norwegian Cancer Society calls it a milestone and a major victory for Norwegian patients.

– Now the patients will get an absolutely necessary safety net, which they did not have before, by giving them an individual right to have it assessed whether they should be on vital medication, even though the Decision-Making Forum has said no to this medication at national level, says Secretary General Ingrid Stenstadvold Ross.