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Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and other allied militias in recent days have attacked and torched villages in war-torn Darfur. Satellite images analyzed by the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab show significant new fire damage in 11 villages west of El Fasher since late March.

In a new report, the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) confirms that at least nine communities west of El-Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur region of Sudan, have been razed by apparent arson attacks since the end of March.

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for two senior military officials from Russia just days after the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab releases its report on systematic damage to Ukraine’s power generation and transmission facilities.

A new report from the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab verifies 66 instances of conflict-related damage to Ukraine’s power generation and transmission infrastructure. Some of the damage occurred far from the front lines of war zones leaving millions of civilians without electricity during the height of winter. The researchers said the widespread and systematic damage could be a violation of international humanitarian law.

According to an estimate from the Ukrainian government, there are nearly 30,000 kids that have been forcibly removed or deported from their homes during the war with Russia. Nathaniel Raymond, director of the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab, compares the kidnapping of children during war to the use of a nuclear weapon.

Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, comments on the impact of Russia taking children from Ukraine during the ongoing war.

Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health Nathaniel Raymond presented the findings of two reports: "Russia's Systemic Program for the Re-education and Adoption of Ukrainian Children" and "Belarus' Cooperation with Russia in the Systematic Deportation of Ukrainian Children" at the second meeting of the Bring Kids Back UA International Task Force on Feb. 22, 2024. Yale's comprehensive research was noted in a subsequent report issued by the Office of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, announced Tuesday that Senior Fellow and Lecturer Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala will serve as the new Faculty director of InnovateHealth Yale (IHY).

The United Nations has appealed for $4.2 billion to provide humanitarian aid to people dealing with the effects of nearly two years of war inside Ukraine. Also, more Ukrainian children from Ukraine's Russia-held regions have arrived in Belarus. Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health speaks with VOA about the development.