Updates (Headlines)

Seismic activity, mostly emanating from the Fentale volcanic complex, continues across parts of Afar and Oromia. The Government is evacuating more than 60,000 people from high-risk areas to safer locations.

Save the Children has already pre-positioned key school stocks and supplies in Sava region and has strengthened the preparedness of the communities, particularly at school level, to cope with cyclone.

On 8 January 2025, an aerial attack in Kyauk Nima Village in Ramree Township reportedly killed more than 40 civilians, and destroyed about 500 homes, with children and women among the casualties.

These attacks have continued in recent months, despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders. MSF has now taken the very difficult decision to suspend all medical activities in the hospital.

Floods, wildfires, and severe thunderstorms are increasingly fuelling the trend of rising losses, while tropical cyclones and earthquakes continue to be a source of loss volatility.

On 8 January, 13 civilians were killed and 110 injured when two aerial bombs struck an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia city, underscoring the dangers of such weapons in populated areas.

NRC is urging the government and international community to recognize and provide comprehensive humanitarian assistance to all IDPs fleeing their homes due to violence from organized criminal groups.

IOM is re-establishing its presence inside Syria, building on its two decades in Damascus until 2020, and its large response in northwest Syria through cross-border activities over the past decade.

Nasser hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns.

“For the children of Gaza, the new year has brought more death and suffering from attacks, deprivation, and increasing exposure to the cold,” said UNICEF's Russell. ”A ceasefire is long overdue."

The UN Refugee Agency has called on states to prioritize life-saving actions as hundreds of Rohingya stateless refugees from Myanmar have sought safety in the region in the first five days of the new year.

UN human rights chief calls for the full implementation of the Security Council's sanctions regime and the arms embargo to prevent the supply of firearms and ammunition to the country.

Cash grants and vouchers for seeds, tools and other critical items are helping families meet immediate needs and longer-term goals after wildfires burned more than 10,000 hectares.

In recent days, the Masisi territory of North Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been the scene of major clashes between the armed group M23/AFC and the Congolese army.

While more than 522,000 people across Syria have returned to their areas of origin after a month of displacement, some 627,000 people remain newly displaced – 42 per cent of them in Idleb.

The appeal covers the first quarter of the year and targets one million Lebanese, Syrians and Palestine refugees impacted by the recent escalation of hostilities and displacement.

Between July and September 2024, the UN documented 206 incidents affecting 792 civilians, of which 299 were killed, 310 injured, 151 abducted and 32 subjected to conflict-related sexual violence.

Approximately 11,532,822 IDPs were registered by December, spurred by 389 incidents that triggered sudden displacement, including attacks and natural hazards.

The surge in violence has adversely affected poor households’ income sources, disrupted market functioning and supply, and impeded food assistance distribution.