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A daily review by AnewZ dated Oct. 30, 2026, covers deepening humanitarian crises in Yemen, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Sudan.
Hospitals in Yemen under severe strain
Intensifying fighting in Yemen has increased pressure on the health system. Medical facilities in Taiz, in particular, treat up to 700 people wounded in the conflict each week.
Acute shortages of medicine, oxygen, fuel and surgical supplies are making it harder to treat patients. More than 40% of health facilities across the country are either closed or operating at limited capacity. Attacks on hospitals and ambulances have further disrupted essential medical services and worsened conditions for thousands of internally displaced civilians.
Aid convoy heads to Oleshky as drone attack hits Sudan
Following a U.S.-mediated ceasefire, a humanitarian convoy carrying food and medical supplies is heading to Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine under Russian control. Russian and Ukrainian officials said mine clearance operations had been completed, allowing aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians.
Twenty-five buses, with capacity for at least 750 people, are ready to evacuate residents. Two people were reported killed during mine clearance operations. Despite a temporary ceasefire around Oleshky, Russian attacks on other parts of Ukraine have continued.
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased more than fourfold this year as farmers face falling incomes, drought and worsening food shortages. According to a UN report, poppies were planted on 43,300 hectares despite the Taliban’s ban on opium production.
Farmers say income from legal crops such as wheat and cotton is not enough to support their families. UN agencies have warned that child malnutrition has reached critical levels in 10 Afghan provinces.
At least 153 people were killed in a drone attack on a market in the disputed Abyei region, according to local officials. They blamed the Sudanese army for the attack.
The attack sparked major fires, destroyed buildings and forced about 8,000 people to flee their homes. An influx of wounded people, including those with severe burns, has placed medical facilities under strain, while essential supplies are nearing depletion.
The attack adds to rising civilian casualties from drone strikes in Sudan and neighboring areas. Hundreds of people have been killed amid the deepening humanitarian crisis.
