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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths Remarks at the High-Level Side Event on Climate Change and Humanitarian Action: Responding to...

Africa Union Humanitarian Summit Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Excellencies, ladies, gentlemen and colleagues, Last week, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre released its latest annual figures on...

Introduction Latin America and the Caribbean is home to diverse natural hazards, including recurrent climate shocks linked to the El Niño and La Niña phenomena, earthquakes, droughts, floods,...

By Seth Caldwell South Sudan has experienced extreme flooding over the past three years, with 835,000 people affected by flooding in 2021 alone. In this article, we highlight the exploratory work the...

Methodology In March 2022, OCHA Afghanistan conducted its first bi-annual Access Severity Exercise. The methodology combined quantitative and qualitative aspects - convening focus group discussions...

Overview The number of reported access constraints this month has remained at 25, similar to March 2022. Of these, 92 per cent directly impacted INGOs, mostly affecting operations in Tripoli and...

SITUATION UPDATE Despite heavy rains as a result of tropical weather systems in January and February 2022, the drought situation in the Grand Sud of Madagascar remained precarious. The planting of...

HIGHLIGHTS As the war enters its fourth month, fighting remains focused on eastern Ukraine, while there continue to be daily reports of airstrikes and shelling in many other regions. Humanitarian...

CAMEROON ARMED MEN ABDUCT HEALTH WORKERS NEW DEATH DUE TO EBOLA DISEASE IN THE SOUTH-WEST REGION On 15 May, non-state armed group (NSAG) members abducted two health workers administering infant...

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In this issue P.1 UNFPA scaling up SGBV response P.2 Taskforce releases National Flood Alert P.3 Multi-agency convoy to hard-to-reach areas P.4 UN releases US$65M for Ethiopia response P.4 At least...

Ag Geneina, 25 May 2022: The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Khardiata Lo Ndiaye has re-iterated the commitment of humanitarian partners to support thousands of people displaced by inter-communal...

This report is produced by OCHA Somalia in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It provides information on the worsening drought situation in Somalia for the period 20 April to 20 May 2022. The...

MARAWI CONFLICT 85,000 displaced population More than 23,700 people (4,740 families) are still staying in various transitory sites while the rest of the IDPs are in home-based setting. About 740...

RESPONSE OVERVIEW Humanitarian partners continue to assist millions of vulnerable people across Sudan. As of 31 March 2022, over 5 million people were reached with some form of humanitarian...

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CHANGE IN CONTEXT The 2022 Libya Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) assessed that 803,000 people remain affected and in need of some form of continued humanitarian assistance, a reduction by 36 per...

People living in Cameroon's Far North region, located in the Lake Chad basin, are experiencing extreme vulnerability. Attacks and clashes with armed groups, inter-communal conflicts, food insecurity,...

Les affrontements qui ont éclaté la semaine dernière entre l'armée congolaise et des présumés combattants du M23, se sont poursuivis à Jomba dans le territoire de Rutshuru et à Kibumba dans le...

In 2022, displacement due to ongoing conflict reduced and natural disasters is continuing to drive humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. There is no displacement reported this year. 381.6K people have...