This week, world leaders will turn their attention to the global hunger crisis in two pivotal events organized by the United States: a ministerial-level meeting on May 18 and a Security Council open...
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Burkina Faso: Over a quarter million people victims of new “water war” in peak dry season
Thirty-two water facilities have been destroyed so far this year, impacting nearly 300,000 people according to a group of 13 national and international organisations providing humanitarian and...
Breaking the Spiral of the Food and Nutrition Crisis in Mali (April 2022)

Mali is facing its worst food and nutrition crisis in a decade. At the end of 2021, the Harmonized Framework estimated that 1.2 million people were in food crisis in Mali, and this number was...
Mali. les nouvelles sanctions risquent d'aggraver la crise humanitaire
Un groupe de 13 ONGs appelle la communauté internationale à protéger le peuple malien, suite à l'annonce de nouvelles sanctions contre le pays en réponse à la décision du Gouvernement de Transition...
New sanctions risk plunging the people of Mali further into a humanitarian crisis, warn 13 NGOs
New sanctions against Mali could have a devastating impact on the country, where one in three people are already dependent on humanitarian aid. 13 NGOs are urging all states and bodies supporting...
Mali: Alarming food crisis leaves 1.2 million hungry
The number of Malians facing hunger has increased nearly threefold in one year, warns a coalition of 22 humanitarian organisations working in the country. The triple impacts of rising insecurity,...
Sudan + 8 more
Refugee Consultation Forum - Sudan 2020 Country Refugee Response Plan - Annual Report

Overview In January 2020, the Refugee Consultation Forum, co-chaired between UNHCR and the Commission for Refugees (COR) launched the first comprehensive refugee response plan in Sudan. By the end of...
Bangladesh + 2 more
21 International humanitarian organizations celebrate refugee resilience and call for more support to help build livelihoods ahead of World Refugee Day

This year marks the 20th World Refugee Day with the theme “Together we heal, learn and shine.” Today, 21 international humanitarian organizations working in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps celebrate...
An open letter to States and their Leaders from the civil society organizations working with and for the 270 million people facing hunger, starvation or famine all over the world

Every day, we bear witness to suffering and resilience. In Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, DRC, Honduras, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, CAR, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sudan and beyond...
Ethiopia + 1 more
Inter-Agency Rapid GBV Assessment Report: Ethiopia Emergency Refugee Response – Eastern Sudan, February 2021

Executive Summary The GBV Sub Working Group (SWG) conducted a four-day Inter-Agency rapid assessment on GBV in Um Rakuba and Tunaydbah camps in Gedaref State. A total of 460 (88 women, 56 girls, 64...
37 aid agencies raise the alarm about the skyrocketing needs among Syrian, as humanitarian funds are cut
“Today’s pledged funds are urgently needed by millions of Syrians at home and dispersed across the region. They are needed now more than ever. While we welcome countries’ pledges that have kept their...
NGOs ask the UK government not to cut aid to South Sudan as threat of famine looms
Severe humanitarian needs across South Sudan have significantly worsened. The sustained support of the international community is critical. As organisations working to support the people of South...
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Inter-Agency Refugee Emergency Response Plan - Sudan: Refugee Influx from Ethiopia (24 November 2020)

Context Situation in Ethiopia In early November 2020, military confrontations between federal and regional forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region, which borders both Sudan and Eritrea, led the Government...
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United Nations Secretary-General High Level Panel on Internal Displacement Consultations with IDPs and Host Community – South Sudan (September 2020)

Throughout September 2020, IOM, UNHCR, CARE International, DRC, NRC-Act Alliance and Plan International conducted 220 focus group discussions gathering 1,752 IDPs and members of host communities...
Natural resources management: Local perspectives from North and Central Darfur

By Hassan-Alattar Satti with Hussein Sulieman, Helen Young, and Anne Radday Executive Summary The importance of natural resources in Darfur is derived from the fact that the predominant rural...
Changing land tenure regimes: Taadoud integrated natural resource management learning brief 1

Introduction The majority of Darfur livelihoods depend on farming and pastoralist systems of production, either directly or indirectly. These two systems, or livelihood specializations, have given...
World + 4 more
553 concerned agencies are calling for urgent action to make gender-based violence a key response priority of humanitarian response plans

Dear Under-Secretary-General Lowcock, The below 553 concerned agencies are calling for urgent action to make gender-based violence (GBV) a key response priority of humanitarian response plans, moving...
Somalia + 1 more
Winning the Peace: Peacebuilding and Climate Change in Mali and Somalia

Introduction In late 2019 and early 2020, DanChurchAid, Norwegian Church Aid and ACT Alliance commissioned local research in Mali in Western Africa, and Somalia, in the Horn of Africa. In our...
Women and Girls Safe Spaces: Technical Guidance Note for COVID-19

Purpose This guidance note aims to provide practical support to service providers operating Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) on how to adapt programming in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Bangladesh + 1 more
COVID-19: Access to full mobile data and telecommunications in Myanmar and Bangladesh is essential to save lives, say 26 major aid groups
APRIL 16 - Today, 26 international humanitarian agencies are calling on the Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to restore full access to mobile data[1] and telecommunications (including legal...