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Critical humanitarian situation unfolding among IDPs in Borno state
Lack of adequate care is having severe consequences for children arriving in the town. MSF calls on authorities to urgently provide adequate assistance before the situation further deteriorates.
More than 230,000 forced to flee homes as flooding inundates India’s Kerala
"We’re hearing reports of damage to major infrastructure and homes, while hundreds of schools are being used to shelter those who fled their homes,” said the head of Save the Children in India.
In 2017 UN emergency fund supported relief operations in 36 countries
Donors helped the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to achieve record-level funding of $514.6 million, ensuring delivery of urgent aid to millions of people in desperate need.
Severe drought threatening food security in Central America
The drought could lead to further internal immigration in the Americas, as climatic factors have impelled people to emigrate from the Northern Triangle’s Dry Corridor to the USA and elsewhere.
Hundreds of schools damaged by earthquakes on Indonesian island of Lombok
Children particularly affected by the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
