Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan more than 10 years ago, growing needs compounded by food shortages, insecurity and the impacts of climate change, have kept South Sudanese in exile.
Uganda + 5 more
Uganda + 5 more
Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan more than 10 years ago, growing needs compounded by food shortages, insecurity and the impacts of climate change, have kept South Sudanese in exile.
Two years of cyclical conflict in Rutshuru and Masisi have forced more than 1.3 million people to flee their homes, leading to 5.7 million being displaced across North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri.
Mali + 2 more
Mali hosts approximately 66,793 refugees as it faces the needs of more than 354,000 people displaced within its own borders. An influx of 40,000 from Burkina Faso arrived in the last three months alone.
“The need is urgent,” Guterres said in Amman, as he pledged to keep pushing “for the removal of all obstacles to life-saving aid, for more access and more entry points” into Gaza.
“Without swift treatment, these children are at imminent risk of death,” UN OCHA said in a call for all parties to the conflict to respect the laws of war and international humanitarian law.
An estimated 362,000 people are internally displaced; about 17,000 people have left Port-au-Prince, leaving behind their livelihoods and facing even more vulnerable situations, says IPC.
While more and more people arrive in overcrowded camps, WFP is struggling to feed those most in need, because funding is lacking. The conflict has displaced nearly one million people since January.
Indonesia + 1 more
UNHCR and IOM are concerned about fatalities after only 75 of 151 refugees were rescued when a boat capsized. If unverified deaths are confirmed, this would be the biggest loss of life so far in 2024.
Burkina Faso + 3 more
The Save the Children analysis revealed that the number of children forced to flee their homes has surged from around 321,000 in 2019 to around 1.8 million today.
UN expert called for an end to “appeasement and engagement with the junta without conditions”. He continued: “Going forward, the first condition must be to stop the killing.”
While Filipo didn’t make the grade as a cyclone, it’s cast a spotlight on the huge problems WFP faces in Mozambique, especially in the north, where thousands of people have been displaced since 2017.
The entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity classified in IPC Phases 3 (Crisis), 4 (Emergency) or 5 (Catastrophe). This includes about 1.11 million experiencing IPC Phase 5.
A year into the armed conflict, children are at risk of a generational catastrophe, and their rights to life, survival, protection, education, health and development have all been gravely violated.
The conflict has left 16.7 million people requiring aid and 15 million people – 65% of the population – needing health assistance, the largest number of people in need since the war began in 2011.
According to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners, one in three children under two years of age in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition.
The Commission found new evidence that Russian authorities have committed violations of international human rights and IHL, and corresponding war crimes, in areas under their control in Ukraine.
Just 12 out of 36 hospitals across Gaza remain partially functional, and only two are providing maternity services; yet in the throes of this chaos and catastrophe, 180 women are giving birth daily.
Nearly 277,000 children aged under five in Haiti are facing malnutrition – about 40 percent of whom reside in the Port-au-Prince metro region – as gang violence obstructs critical food supplies.
Bangladesh + 1 more
IOM's appeal is part of the Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, which seeks to raise $852.4 million to reach 1.35 million people with the support of 117 partners.
Overall, 615 grave violations were committed against 476 children between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023, a sharp increase of 61 per cent compared with the previous reporting period.