Since 15 January, the UN Department of Safety and Security has restricted all road missions in the four southern departments. UN Humanitarian Air Service flights have also been temporally suspended.
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Since 15 January, the UN Department of Safety and Security has restricted all road missions in the four southern departments. UN Humanitarian Air Service flights have also been temporally suspended.
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The analysis clearly shows how the climate crisis disproportionately affects those who have done least to cause it and are least able to withstand its most damaging effects, says Save the Children.
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The 18 hotspots comprise 22 countries and territories that will see worsening food insecurity between November and April. Burkina Faso, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan and Palestine are of highest concern.
UNICEF estimates there are still eight million people, about half of whom are children, who continue to live without access to safe water in flood-affected areas.
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About 35 wildfires have affected 11 regions in the northeast, killing at least 34 people and injuring 700. Extreme heat, increasing wind speed, and low humidity are contributing to the rapid spread.
Bangladesh + 8 more
As the full impact of El Niño is expected in the coming months, IFRC urges authorities and humanitarian organisations to brace for multiple disasters hitting simultaneously, with more intensity.
Monsoon rains that persisted from 25 June to 30 July have resulted in 179 people losing their lives, 264 sustaining injuries, 1,594 damaged houses and the loss of 480 livestock.
Eighty-four districts have an average severe acute malnutrition rate of 12 percent, impacting over 3.5 million children. Among them, more than 1.45 million children suffer from severe wasting.
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Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding their coping capacity and exacerbating inequality.
The Humanitarian Response Plan prioritizes life-saving multi-sectoral assistance to the most vulnerable people, including response readiness for recurring flooding, conflict, and disease outbreaks.
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This number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago. The UN and partner organizations aim to assist 183 million people across 63 countries, which will require $41 billion.
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Months after its creation, Alganaa refugee camp in Sudan’s White Nile State has been submerged by flood waters, leaving some 35,000 South Sudanese refugees needing urgent assistance.
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The removal of economic support due to political instability is likely to result in persistent currency depreciation with high volatility, rising inflation, and high food and nonfood costs.
A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years - killing 115 people and causing $202 million in losses daily, according to the WMO.
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Food, clean water, shelter and sanitation are desperately insufficient, and an increasing number of people suffer from malnutrition. The onset of the rainy season has worsened the situation.
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During a year marked by intense storms and conflict, 40.5 million new displacements were triggered across the world by disasters and violence, the highest annual figure recorded in a decade.
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While the COVID-19 crisis has shown the realities of how vulnerable the world can be, the climate crisis is and will continue to have much more significant impact, according to a new IFRC report.
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About 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June 2020, according to a new report by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Somalia + 11 more
A new report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the reason is largely due to one development: 1.3 million Ethiopians displaced by communal violence in 2019 went home.
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While incidents of fighting have reduced, the situation of people displaced due to decades of conflict remains unresolved. Over 2.7 million children suffer from acute malnutrition.