While Filipo didn’t make the grade as a cyclone, it’s cast a spotlight on the huge problems WFP faces in Mozambique, especially in the north, where thousands of people have been displaced since 2017.
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FAO urges immediate access to deliver urgent and critical assistance to avert famine in Gaza
The entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity classified in IPC Phases 3 (Crisis), 4 (Emergency) or 5 (Catastrophe). This includes about 1.11 million experiencing IPC Phase 5.
An estimated 24 million children exposed to a year of brutality and rights violations in Sudan conflict
A year into the armed conflict, children are at risk of a generational catastrophe, and their rights to life, survival, protection, education, health and development have all been gravely violated.
Unprecedented number of Syrians need aid after 13 years of war
The conflict has left 16.7 million people requiring aid and 15 million people – 65% of the population – needing health assistance, the largest number of people in need since the war began in 2011.
Chad + 1 more
Urgent action needed as hepatitis E spreads through Sudanese refugee camps in Chad
More than 550,000 people fleeing the unrelenting violence in Sudan, mostly women and children seeking shelter in Ouaddai province in eastern Chad are living in precarious water and sanitation conditions.
Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in north Gaza
According to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners, one in three children under two years of age in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition.
UN Commission concerned by violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Ukraine
The Commission found new evidence that Russian authorities have committed violations of international human rights and IHL, and corresponding war crimes, in areas under their control in Ukraine.
Global child deaths reached historic low in 2022, UN report finds
More children are surviving today than ever before, with the under-5 mortality rate declining by 51% since 2000. But an estimated 4.9 million children still died before their fifth birthday.
“Gaza is at breaking point” - health workers and patients describe an unfolding catastrophe in Rafah
Just 12 out of 36 hospitals across Gaza remain partially functional, and only two are providing maternity services; yet in the throes of this chaos and catastrophe, 180 women are giving birth daily.
Afghanistan food security situation is improving, but the crisis is far from over
The food situation has improved compared to a year or two years ago but is still quite dire. There is a loss of income, there are problems with migration, an influx of returnees and drought.
More than one million children trapped as gang violence rages in Haiti
Nearly 277,000 children aged under five in Haiti are facing malnutrition – about 40 percent of whom reside in the Port-au-Prince metro region – as gang violence obstructs critical food supplies.
Bangladesh + 1 more
IOM appeals for $119 million for Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh
IOM's appeal is part of the Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, which seeks to raise $852.4 million to reach 1.35 million people with the support of 117 partners.
Grave violations against children increase despite positive advancements in Colombia
Overall, 615 grave violations were committed against 476 children between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023, a sharp increase of 61 per cent compared with the previous reporting period.
Mozambique + 1 more
TS Filipo hits Mozambique one year after devastating Cyclone Freddy left millions in urgent need
Because of the damage caused by the floods, many have nothing to eat now. Some have sold all their livestock to buy food, plunging themselves further into a poverty abyss, says Oxfam's partner.
Nearly 230,000 children and new mothers likely to die from hunger without critical action in Sudan
More than 2.9 million children are acutely malnourished and another 729,000 under fives are suffering from severe acute malnutrition – the most dangerous and deadly form of extreme hunger.
Concern grows over the spread of cholera in eastern DR Congo
As fighting displaces thousands of people in North and South Kivu, MSF warns of critical health needs due to overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions and urges increased humanitarian support.
Chad + 4 more
WFP races to pre-position food in Chad as funding crunch and looming rains threaten aid to Sudanese refugees
Thousands of Sudanese refugees continue to stream across the border from Darfur, and as the rainy season looms, threatening to cut off road access for humanitarian deliveries to the camps in the east.
Children in Gaza have suffered “relentless mental harm” during five months of war
Five months of violence, displacement, starvation and disease on top of nearly 17 years of a blockade have caused relentless mental harm to children in Gaza, Save the Children said today.
Neglected humanitarian crisis escalates in northwest Nigeria
Northwest Nigeria suffers from catastrophic levels of malnutrition and recurrent outbreaks of preventable diseases, yet the situation is largely being ignored by donors and aid organisations, says MSF.
Waves of violence storm Port-au-Prince in Haiti further displacing thousands
IOM's latest displacement tracking reveals that 15,000 people have been displaced within just one week. Ten displacement sites have been entirely emptied due to the successive waves of violence.