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       Millions of travellers across Germany have been hit by strikes again on Thursday after two unions called for two-day walkouts over wages and work conditions.

       Around 80% of all long-distance trains as well as regional and commuter trains in the country were cancelled as train drivers went on strike. Air travel was affected as well, with ground staff for German airline Lufthansa stopping work early in the morning.

       The strikes led to traffic jams in cities and on highways, a shortage of share and rental cars, and a rush of plane passengers trying to rebook flights. Students arrived late for school and employees struggled to arrive on time for work as millions who usually rely on commuter trains found themselves stranded or stuck in traffic.

       Lufthansa said earlier in the week that about 1,000 flights per day would have to be cancelled, with around 200,000 air passengers affected.

       Negotiations continue for Lufthansa ground staff and German rail operator Deutsche Bahn's train drivers. The train drivers’ union GDL and Verdi called for the strikes Thursday and Friday.

       GDL has been calling for pay rises and a reduction in working hours from 38 to 35 hours per week without a pay cut. Deutsche Bahn has so far refused to meet the terms.

       The Verdi union, meanwhile, is seeking a pay raise of 12.5%, or at least €500 more per month, for nearly 25,000 Lufthansa ground workers.

       Thursday's stoppages are the latest of several mass walkouts in the rail, air and local transport sectors in Germany in recent months, testing passengers' patience.

       GDL announced earlier this week that more strikes were coming in the near future, but said it would no longer announce them 48 hours in advance, giving travellers less time to look for alternatives.

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       A ruinous conflict raging for about a year between rival generals in Sudan risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warned on Wednesday.

       While global attention has been focused on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Program, said the fighting in Sudan has shattered the lives of millions across the north-eastern African nation.

       “The war in Sudan risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” McCain said as she wrapped up a trip to neighbouring South Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled the fighting in their home country.

       The UN food agency said some 18 million people across Sudan face acute hunger, with the most desperate trapped behind the front lines. Among them are 5 million who face starvation.

       Sudan was plunged into chaos in April last year when clashes erupted in the capital, Khartoum, between the country’s military and a paramilitary group known as Rapid Support Forces.

       The fighting quickly spread across the nation, largely affecting urban areas but also reaching the restive western Darfur region. Thousands of people have died since the violence began; in one incident, 10,000 and 15,000 were killed when paramilitary forces and allied Arab militias rampaged through a Darfur town.

       Residents displaced from a surge of violent attacks squat on blankets and in hastily made tents in the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan. Mustafa Younes/Mustafa Younes

       Two decades ago, Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war crimes, particularly by the notorious Janjaweed Arab militias, against populations that identify as Central or East African.

       That history has now resurfaced. The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan saying in late January there are grounds to believe both sides are committing possible war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide in Darfur.

       The conflict has uprooted more than 10 million people either to safer areas inside Sudan or to neighbouring countries, according to UN agencies. South Sudan alone has received 600,000 people who fled the fighting.

       “Twenty years ago, Darfur was the world’s largest hunger crisis and the world rallied to respond. But today, the people of Sudan have been forgotten,” McCain said.

       Once in South Sudan, “one in five children in border transit centres suffers from malnutrition,” the WFP said.

       McCain called for the warring parties to stop fighting and allow humanitarian agencies to provide life-saving assistance. Aid has been further disrupted after authorities revoked permits for cross-border truck convoys, WFP said. That forced the suspension of operations from Chad to Darfur.

       “The consequences of inaction go far beyond a mother unable to feed her child and will shape the region for years to come,” McCain said.