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UNICEF launches 2025 humanitarian appeal Working with partners, UNICEF aims to reach 109 million children with life-saving assistance, wherever it’s needed. Across the globe, millions of children...

HIGHLIGHTS In 2025, the children and families of South Sudan are projected to experience increased humanitarian needs, especially as funding gaps to support the UNICEF response in the country have...

51 million children at epicenter of overlapping crises across Eastern and Southern Africa UNICEF launches appeal for USD 1.2 billion in flexible funding for children and communities in the region ...

HIGHLIGHTS The humanitarian crises in the Middle East and North Africa continue to worsen, with 181 million people, including 88 million children, facing life-threatening risks and vulnerabilities...

FOREWORD BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR “When will this ever end?” asked Eman, a displaced mother from Gaza, speaking to UNFPA field teams in August 2024. Like many in her community, she had been forced...

Foreword by the Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator I launch this Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025—my...

WFP requires US$16.9 billion in 2025 to respond to unrelenting humanitarian needs Hunger is nearing levels that were last seen during the global food crisis sparked by the pandemic. ROME —The United...

This Global Appeal highlights UNHCR’s plans for 2025 and the funding it needs to protect, assist and empower a record number of forcibly displaced and stateless people, and to help them find...

SITUATION ANALYSIS The continental Mpox preparedness and response plan specifically targets migrants, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), highly mobile populations, and cross-border communities...

Nearly two million severely malnourished children at risk of death due to funding shortages for therapeutic food UNICEF launches urgent appeal for US$165 million to reach children as some countries...

Summary of trend history The 2024 Humanitarian Response plan (HRP) aims to provide a sustained response focused on the centrality of protection, guided by the preferences of affected populations,...

UNHCR urgently appeals for funds to reinforce health services amid mpox emergency GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, needs $21.4 million until the end of the year to urgently scale up critical...

Following the escalation of the Sudan crisis in April 2023, migrants and asylum seekers from Sudan have sought refuge in neighboring countries. Since the onset of the crisis, thousands of fleeing...

Overview UNHCR’s revised total financial requirements through the end of 2024 for the Sudan situation emergency response – in Sudan and neighbouring countries – amount to $1.03 billion, an increase...

NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE Created under the name of the French colony of the Overseas Red Cross in 1958 before changing its name in 1960 when the country gained independence, the Central African Red...

Regional Overview MID-YEAR UPDATE Since the devastating conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023, the magnitude of displacement...

COUNTRY: SOUTH SUDAN 1) INTRODUCTION South Sudan is a country often plagued by emergencies such as conflict, natural disasters, and epidemics, relies heavily on the swift response of humanitarian...

I N T R O D U C T I O N This nationwide Response Plan aims to address the significant Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) needs arising from multiple crises,...

NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Red Cross of Chad was established in 1973 and was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1989. With more than 50,000...

Ethiopia faces major humanitarian challenges, mainly driven by climate and economic shocks, armed conflict and food chain threats. These challenges are underlined by economic and physical constraints...