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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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...