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Cross-border displacement is compounding the food crisis. In the first four months nearly 140,000 Congolese fled, with Burundi and Uganda receiving the largest influxes – 70,000 and 60,000 respectively.

More than 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought.

Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition have left at least 75 civilians killed and 78 injured, and displaced thousands.

Nearly one out of five people attempting perilous sea movements in this region have been reported as dead or missing in 2025, making the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal waters amongst the deadliest.

Global aid cuts have affected its newborn and reproductive health services in several countries, with the worst impacted including the DR Congo, Yemen and Nigeria, said Save the Children.

Humanitarians are reaching millions each month through in-country and cross-border operations, but only 10 per cent of the UN's $2 billion appeal has been funded.

Vital convoys entered Gaza this week carrying resources to support operations for hot meals; however, after nearly 80 days of a total blockade of humanitarian aid, families still face a high risk of famine.

ActionAid’s teams recorded 247 cases of sexual violence in March alone – almost eight times as many as in February. In two months, survivors reported 381 cases of sexual violence.