KEY MESSAGES • Recurrent droughts have had a devastating impact on livelihoods in the region in the past 4 years, with historically high acute food insecurity. Many of the pastoralists' herds died...
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Southern Africa: USAID/BHA Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience (ER4) Assistance in FY 2023 (09/30/2023)
Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance – Southern Africa: Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023
Nigeria: Government must halt Shell’s sale of its Niger Delta business unless human rights are fully protected
The proposed sale of Shell’s onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria risks worsening human rights abuses and should be blocked by the government unless a series of...
Philippines: 2024 IFRC network country plan (MAAPH001)
The Philippine Red Cross was established in 1947 and was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1948. It operates within the Philippine Red Cross...
Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Humanitarian Catastrophe in Sudan as the Lean Season Begins
12th April 2024, Nairobi, Kenya: As Sudan faces one of the most severe humanitarian crises in recent history, urgent action is needed to prevent a looming humanitarian tragedy. This is as the...
DR Congo + 2 more
Minister Hussen announces over $142 million in funding to support health systems and women’s health and rights and provide humanitarian assistance in Democratic Republic of Congo and in Benin
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, today met with members of the Congolese-Canadian community in Ottawa, where he announced funding for projects in Benin and the...
Ethiopia: Climate change risk profile fact sheet
COUNTRY OVERVIEW Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa, with approximately 123 million residents in 2022. The country is already experiencing a variety of climate stressors,...
Algeria + 16 more
Empress Shôken Fund announces 103rd funding distribution to support projects in 17 countries
The Joint Commission of the Empress Shoken Fund (ESF ) has announced a new funding distribution that totals CHF 485,597 and supports projects administered by Red Cross and Red Crescent National...
Madagascar 2024-2026 IFRC network country plan (UPL-2024-MAAMG002)
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Malagasy Red Cross Society was created in 1915, recognized in its current form by decree in 1963, and admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...
Sri Lanka 2024 IFRC network country plan (UPL-2024-MAALK002)
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society was established in 1936 and admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1952. It has been...
Nepal 2024 IFRC network country plan (UPL-2024-MAANP001)
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Nepal Red Cross Society was established in 1963 and admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1964. The National Society...
Iran 2024-2025 IFRC network country plan (9 April 2024)
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE Established in 1922, the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iranian Red Crescent) derives its strength from a large volunteer base and resources. The...
Iraq + 2 more
UN Agencies Launch Joint Programme to Support Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon in Climate Change Response [EN/AR]
4 April 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) today launched a...
Heatwaves pose health risks, disrupt students’ learning says save the children Philippines
Save the Children Philippines calls for the government to address climate change, as heatwaves surpassed 42ºC in five places this week, resulting in the suspension of hundreds of classes across the...
Nigeria Situation Report, 5 April 2024
HIGHLIGHTS Over 4.8 million people at risk of hunger in north-east Nigeria this lean season. Humanitarian Coordinator condemns abduction of scores of civilians in Ngala, Borno State. Multiple fire...
2024 Regional Human Development Report: A Complex Landscape of Progress and Challenges - Pacific Island Countries
To strengthen the future outlook for our Blue Pacific, human development must be mainstreamed across the region 5 April 2024 Suva, Fiji: Pacific Island Countries continue to grapple with a complex...
World + 1 more
Half of out-of-school children live in countries most vulnerable to climate change, with Philippines latest to shut schools due to extreme weather
New analysis by Save the Children shows impact of climate crisis on children’s education LONDON/GENEVA, 5 April 2024 – Around one in two out-of-school children and adolescents live in countries at...
ACAPS Thematic Report - Yemen: Local perspectives on vulnerability and capacity in Hadramawt: Al Mukalla and Sayun, 2 April 2024
Overview More than nine years of conflict in Yemen has left 18.2 million people in need of assistance in one of the largest and most complex humanitarian responses in the world (OCHA 01/02/2024). The...
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2024-2026 IFRC network country plan (MAACD002)
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Red Cross) was created in its current form in 1961 as an auxiliary structure of the public authorities in the...
Iraq + 2 more
UN agencies launch joint programme to support Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in climate change response [EN/AR]
4 April 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) today launched a...