Dear Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, The lack of predictable and accountable coordination arrangements for humanitarian cash continues to hamper the scale, quality and...
Burkina Faso + 2 more
Burkina Faso On 5 June, a non-state armed group attacked Solhan village in Yagha province (Sahel region), killing 138 people and injuring dozens. Homes and the market were torched. The assailants...
CRISIS OVERVIEW Armed hostilities and insecurity escalated in the Gaza Strip between 10–21 May, following increasing tensions between Palestine and Israel reported in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...
CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW • On 25 May, a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards and intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm. On 26 May, the storm continued...
Afghanistan + 2 more
Afghanistan Heavy clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban have continued in Baghlan province since the first week of May. More than 21,000 people have been displaced in and around Pul-e-Khumri...
Bangladesh + 1 more
On 5 April 2021, the Government of Bangladesh instituted a second national lockdown and imposed new containment and risk mitigations measures (RRRC 05/04/2021). The second lockdown follows a steep...
Crisis Impact Overview Mount Nyiragongo erupted on 22 May 2021 at 19:00 local time near the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Two lava streams emerged from the...
DR Congo + 2 more
DRC Around 30,000 people were displaced by the 22 May eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano, situated 10km north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. More than 5,000 people crossed the border...
CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW • A heatwave is a period of at least 2–5 days during which abnormally high temperatures are recorded and affect human activities (WMO and WHO 2015). In the Republic of India,...
DR Congo + 2 more
DRC Heavy rains from February -April 2021 in Tanganyika province, in areas bordering the Congo River and Tanganyika Lake, resulted in flooding that affected around 72,080 people. At least 13 people...
Afghanistan + 2 more
Afghanistan On 8 May, explosions in front of the Sayed Al Shuhada school in Kabul killed 85 people – mostly schoolgirls – and wounded another 147 as students were leaving their afternoon classes. ...
1. Civilians and civilian infrastructure Armed violence resulted in several mass casualty events, and conflict continued to impact critical civilian infrastructure – particularly healthcare...
Burundi + 2 more
Burundi Heavy rainfall and rising water levels in Lake Tanganyika since the beginning of April have resulted in flooding in Makamba, Rumonge, and Bujumbura provinces, southwest Burundi. Over 47,000...
CRISIS OVERVIEW On 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military staged a coup and ordered a year-long state of emergency under sections 417 and 418(a) of the 2008 constitution, promising that new elections...
South Sudan + 2 more
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines After months of heightened activity, La Soufrière volcano, on the island of St. Vincent, erupted on 9 April, affecting the whole country. The volcano has erupted...
Bangladesh + 1 more
Introduction For months, if not years, many Rohingya in the camps have continuously reported that they are unable to provide meaningful input into decision-making within the response and have their...
DR Congo + 2 more
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Over 21,000 people were displaced since 28 March in the Great Kasai region due to fighting between the Luba and Kuba ethnic groups in the Bakwakenge locality. ...
Risk 1 Depletion of foreign currency reserves drives inflation up; eroded purchasing power and high food prices result in increased levels of food insecurity. Sources of foreign currency inflow in...
Madagascar + 3 more
Madagascar Southern Madagascar recorded below-average cumulative rainfall between October 2020 and February 2021, particularly in the Alaotra Mangoro, Analamanga, Haute Matsiatra, and Ihorombe...
Indonesia + 2 more
Indonesia Tropical cyclone Seroja hit southeastern Indonesia on 5 April causing heavy rains, flooding, and landslides and affecting over 30,000 people. The cyclone first impacted the Nusa Tenggara...