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Sudan fuel shortages strand aid trucks as a power cut stops dialysis
The UN’s country coordinator reported disruption to electricity, water and fuel supplies after attacks on civilian infrastructure. At a hospital outside Khartoum, she said dialysis for 25 people stopped without backup power.
WHO reports ambulance and medical supply constraints in northern Ethiopia
The WHO chief reported hospital shortages of staff, medicines and equipment, severely limited ambulances and insecurity obstructing medical deliveries.
IPC estimates 28.8 million people face acute food insecurity in the DRC during September–December
The IPC current-period estimate reported by UN News forecasts about 28.8 million people, 23% of the analysed population, facing high acute food insecurity through December. The analysis places 10.4 million in three eastern provinces in Phase 3 or above.
Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter operates at about 60% capacity during recovery
Ivanhoe Mines said in its 3 November third-quarter report that the Kamoa-Kakula smelter in the DRC is operating at about 60% of design capacity in line with concentrate production. Underground mining recovery continues.
Johannesburg reports uneven recovery of water supplies
The mayor’s Monday-afternoon account, reported on 3 November, put storage up from 37% to 41%. Yeoville service was restored and most of Alexander Park recovered, but high areas remained affected and tower pumping at Midrand’s Grand Central was suspended.