Assistance worth $140 million will be needed this year to address urgent needs of about 1 million IDPs, 1.64 million registered refugees and an unknown number of unregistered refugees.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan [ACTED News] - Around 8,000 families (48,000 individuals) have been displaced in the past week due to tension within Central Kurrram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The twenty-nine affected villages of Para Chamkani were declared as conflict zones by national authorities, which enables the families from that area to register for assistance. Most of the displaced families have moved to lower parts of Kurram Agency such as Khar, Khazi Khel and Palash Khel, where they are now living without basic food and health facilities.

In 2011, severe flooding affected millions of people in Sindh, Pakistan. Many lost their homes and livelihoods and have struggled to find the means to rebuild their lives. ACTED launched a shelter and food security assistance to support affected communities by providing shelters, kitchen gardening kits and tree plants to help them start to rebuild their lives.

PESHAWAR [ACTED News] - Originally belonging to the Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, 56-year-old Seeda Khan was forced to migrate along with his family in order to take refuge when fierce fighting broke out in his hometown. This conflict between two groups has resulted in over 10,000 families being displaced in the past month.

Islamabad, Pakistan [ACTED News] - Around 5,000 families have fled the Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Pakistan in the past few weeks as a result of localized conflict. A further 5,000 families are expected to be displaced in the coming days. These internally displaced persons are travelling through Kurram and Orakzai Agencies to the districts of Hangu, Kohat and the Peshawar valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

PARIS [ACTED News] – Humanitarian emergencies and crises damage the social fabric of communities, thus compromising local capacity to have a say in decisions which affect them directly, and isolating them from central government decisions. Inclusive and effectively functioning community organisations are essential to achieve sustainable reintegration, rehabilitation and development which address community needs, as they are perceived by the people, and they need to be involved in the decision-making process.

JUBA [ACTED News] – Registration of the displaced households in Akobo East, in Jonglei State of South Sudan, began late February, noting an increase of approximately 2,375 households. A number of these internally displaced persons (IDPs) are direct victims of the 8 February attack against a group of pastoralists by cattle-raiders. Many have also arrived out of fear of potential additional attacks. Many are living with host community relatives; those without extended families in the area are sleeping under the trees on the river bank.

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JONGLEI [ACTED News] – On Friday 8th February a large cattle raid in Akobo West, Jonglei State, resulted in 118 fatalities and close to 100 severely injured. More than 60,000 cattle were raided and thousands were missing. The size of this attack sent shock waves through the Lou Nuer tribe communities across Akobo County. This dramatically increased the level of fear among the general population of further attacks.