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Nearly 30,000 children fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado province in June, the highest number of children uprooted in a single month in the past year, Save the Children said.

There are more than two million people displaced in South Sudan and absence of funding means that those in camps risk being left in critical need of water, sanitation and hygiene, and health services.

MSF has been witnessing an unprecedented influx of malnourished children to our nutrition centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria, suggesting an alarming nutritional crisis in Borno State.

The UN estimates that about 770 people were killed and more than 1,500 injured, with numbers expected to rise. Up to 4,500 homes are estimated to be fully or partially damaged.

Cross-border points remain the only viable humanitarian channels to cover growing needs in northwest Syria, through which 47.7 million people have received healthcare assistance Since 2014.

Earthquake-impacted provinces were already “hotspots” for crisis levels of food insecurity and acute malnutrition. In addition, the earthquake comes right before Afghanistan’s imminent harsh winter.

The resurgence of the M23 armed group has repercussions for the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in eastern DRC and the wider region, the top UN official in the country warned the SC.

Between 2005 and 2020, the UN verified more than 266,000 grave violations against children committed by parties in 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.