News Monitor
The number of people expected to require food aid in the region is likely to exceed 30 million in the 2024-25 lean season, fuelled by drought and conflicts in parts of DR Congo and Mozambique.
More than 112,000 people live in 96 informal sites in Port-au-Prince. Many of these sites lack water supplies and sanitation facilities, resulting in increasing risk of waterborne diseases.
Of the women surveyed in a new analysis, 98% felt they had negligible influence on decision-making in their communities or homes, with enduring impacts on mental health and educational attainment.
Save the Children says an average of five children a week have been killed or injured by armed violence in Haiti in the first half of 2024. However, the true number is likely to be much higher.
Just two months into the 2024 rainy season, torrential rains and severe flooding have affected 716,473 people in the CAR, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Liberia, Niger and Togo.
Just two months into the 2024 rainy season, torrential rains and severe flooding have affected 716,473 people in the CAR, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Liberia, Niger and Togo.
As of 11 August, at least 25 civilians had reportedly been killed and 28 others injured, as a result of active hostilities, on both banks of the Euphrates River.
Displacement continues to soar, with more than 10.7 million people seeking safety within Sudan, many displaced twice or more. Fighting in Sennar state alone displaced more than 700,000 last month.
"Without significant and sustained support from international donors and partners, the ability to meet the needs of those affected will remain severely limited,” said IOM Yemen a.i.chief, Matt Huber.
OHCHR condemns the surging strikes on schools where forcibly displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, conducted with apparent disregard for the high rate of civilian fatalities.
Increasingly, civilians fleeing Maungdaw and Lashio are being killed. The humanitarian community strongly condemns the escalation of violence and demands protection for all civilians.
The 8 July attack destroyed or damaged several healthcare facilities across the country, killing at least 43 civilians, including 5 children, and injuring 147, including 7 children.
With record levels of internal displacement, acute food insecurity, and gender-based violence, urgent and concerted action is needed to stem the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo.
"The life of a child in Gaza, in month ten of this conflict, is not a life. We cannot say it enough – there is no safe place, and everything is running out – food, water, fuel, medicines. Everything."
More than 11,000 people, including refugees hosted in the country and local communities in the eastern Kassala state, have been impacted by severe floods and heavy rains in the past two weeks.
More than 11,000 people, including refugees hosted in the country and local communities in the eastern Kassala state, have been impacted by severe floods and heavy rains in the past two weeks.
The deluge resulted in 30 fatalities. Severe damage has been reported in villages across the governorate, with initial reports suggesting one village was completely swept away.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for an emergency meeting of experts to determine if the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Two out of three Sudanese civilians no longer have access to essential health services after most of the country's hospitals and health centers were forced to close their doors.
WFP said about 90,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger in the capital Khartoum, while as many as 13 other areas across the war-ravaged country are also at risk of famine.
Unlike past epidemics, this outbreak has affected many Comorians, with 10,342 cases and 149 deaths. Through community engagement, most inhabitants of Anjouan and Moheli have been vaccinated.
“This flood comes at a time when food insecurity in Myanmar is at an emergency level. With more than 13 million people grappling with food insecurity, the floods only exacerbate their vulnerability.”
“This flood comes at a time when food insecurity in Myanmar is at an emergency level. With more than 13 million people grappling with food insecurity, the floods only exacerbate their vulnerability.”