News Monitor
At least five million people face starvation as the rainy season risks rendering transport routes inaccessible, civilians are trapped by intensified fighting, and the lean season hits.
An increase in the number of children migrating through the dangerous Darien Gap so far this year puts the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration, says UNICEF.
National Societies in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Philippines and more are already responding with urgent initiatives to help and relieve people through this relentless heat.
In the BAY states, some 4.8 million people are estimated to be facing severe food insecurity. Approximately 700,000 children under five are projected to be acutely malnourished over the next 6 months.
Since the beginning of hostilities, PRCS staff and volunteers have continued to courageously provide emergency medical services to communities in Gaza, amidst unacceptably high levels of loss.
We again call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its armed attack against Ukraine - in line with the resolutions of the UNGA, the binding measures ordered by the ICJ and international law.
Conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) accounted for nearly two-thirds of new movements in 2023.
About 40 percent of the population could be facing acute hunger by the end of year because of the drought and about 14,000 people have been displaced by floods and landslides in the north.
"I can see no way that the latest evacuation orders, much less a full assault, in an area with an extremely dense presence of civilians, can be reconciled with the binding requirements of IHL."
"I can see no way that the latest evacuation orders, much less a full assault, in an area with an extremely dense presence of civilians, can be reconciled with the binding requirements of IHL."
To date, 180 people have been confirmed killed and 242 injured, with 8,975 homes destroyed or damaged. Among the most affected districts are Burka and Baghlani Jadid in Baghlan Province.
This hospital was one of the few specialising in the treatment of sick children that had managed to remain operational since the start of the war. Two children and at least one caregiver were killed.
This hospital was one of the few specialising in the treatment of sick children that had managed to remain operational since the start of the war. Two children and at least one caregiver were killed.