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Malnutrition rates are increasing at an alarming rate due to the drought. An estimated 600,000 children will require treatment for severe acute malnutrition by the end of the year.

The number of forcibly displaced people in Africa continued its uninterrupted escalation over the past decade. The record 36 million people now displaced is triple the figure of a decade earlier.

The report presents new findings on civilian casualties, extrajudicial killings, the erosion of women's and girl's rights, fundamental freedoms and the situation in places of detention.

The CERF funds will help humanitarian agencies scale up comprehensive emergency assistance for 200,000 people in 10 sub-prefectures where food insecurity is most severe.

Since the floods started, UNICEF has delivered more than a million water purification tablets, thousands of water containers, dignity and hygiene kits, and therapeutic milk for affected families.

Education Plus calls for free and quality secondary education for all in sub-Saharan Africa by 2025; fulfilment of sexual and reproductive health and rights; and freedom from GBV and sexual violence.

The IRC is calling for urgent action in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, with specific concern for intensifying famine in Somalia that has been dangerously neglected by the international community.

Improved security in the West has re-opened the possibility for Congolese to return to their country. Upon arrival, repatriated Congolese will receive cash assistance to help cover basic needs.