Paramilitary

When disaster hits, civilians save lives first - opinion

Around the world, civilians are becoming the first to save lives in disasters, showing why emergency systems must recognize and support them.

|ByDUBI WEISSENSTERN
ZAKA volunteers arrive at the scene. Governments must formalize the role of civilian responders. They need equipment, secure communication channels, training, and post-event mental health care, says the writer.
The family of Al-Rasheed Al-Tahir, a displaced Sudanese man who's reunited with his sisters, nephews and nieces, react, after the family fled the war-torn al-Fashir city, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the

Civilians in Sudan's al-Fashir cower from drones as siege worsens hunger

More than one million citizens have fled al-Fashir during the 18-month seige by the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has ravaged North Darfur's capital.

|ByREUTERS