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IOM reached 17.8 million people worldwide amid record displacement in 2025

International Organization for Migration — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:33:06 +0000

Country: World

Source: International Organization for Migration

By the end of 2025, 82.2 million people were internally displaced worldwide, while more than 7,900 migrants lost their lives, underscoring the urgent need for coordinated international action.

World: El Niño conditions very likely from mid-2026

Inter-Agency Standing Committee — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:09:07 +0000

Countries: World, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Sources: Inter-Agency Standing Committee, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

El Niño will unfold in a far more complex risk environment than previous events — including record global temperatures, conflict, economic shocks and severe humanitarian funding constraints.

As Ebola cases hit 1,000, almost three million children and adolescents face rising risks in eastern DR Congo

UN Children's Fund — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:33:08 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Source: UN Children's Fund

Children and adolescents account for approximately 15 per cent of confirmed Ebola cases and over 25 per cent of confirmed deaths in eastern DR Congo as of 19 June.

World: International humanitarian funding has contracted by almost a third since 2023

ALNAP — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:25:29 +0000

Country: World

Source: ALNAP

According to ALNAP, the United States and Germany together account for nearly nine in ten dollars lost last year. Gulf donors, however, have increased their contributions.

DR Congo: UNHCR warns Ebola outbreak threatens displaced communities in DRC and beyond

UN High Commissioner for Refugees — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:24:39 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

More than two million forcibly displaced people, including more than 320,000 refugees, live in areas at risk in the DRC, where fighting continues alongside the spread of Ebola disease.

oPt: The deadly illusion of Gaza's ceasefire as a child is killed every day

UN Children's Fund — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:03:06 +0000

Countries: occupied Palestinian territory, Lebanon

Source: UN Children's Fund

"These children were not killed in a warzone. They were killed in their homes. In their schools. Playing football. Fishing. They were shot, bombed, and struck by quadcopters."

World: FAO and WFP launch joint appeal to protect 8.8 million people from extreme weather events

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:33:06 +0000

Country: World

Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme

The $202 million appeal calls for urgent, flexible funding ahead of climate shocks that could threaten food security, livelihoods and agricultural production across the most vulnerable regions.

oPt: Shelter restrictions in Gaza force nearly a million people to endure summer heat in tents

Norwegian Refugee Council — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:03:11 +0000

Country: occupied Palestinian territory

Sources: Norwegian Refugee Council, Shelter Cluster

About 170,000 households - nearly one million people - live in tents. Another 5,000 households sleep outdoors, while 52,000 households live in overcrowded shelters. Summer will only sharpen the risks.

Sudan: FAO-WFP report warns worsening hunger puts 13 hotspots at significant risk

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:03:07 +0000

Countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen

Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme

Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain hotspots of highest concern, with northeast Nigeria and Somalia joining the list as acute hunger risks deteriorate towards catastrophic levels.

DR Congo: Women and girls face double threat in the Ebola outbreak; the response must address both - IRC

International Rescue Committee — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:33:06 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Source: International Rescue Committee

Women and girls are often the primary caretakers of the sick. Furthermore, the demands of increased water collection and care force them to travel further on foot, raising their exposure to violence.

Somalia: Malnutrition admissions overwhelm Baidoa Hospital - MSF seeks immediate scale‑up of emergency response

Médecins Sans Frontières — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:36:52 +0000

Country: Somalia

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières

Between March and May,1,400 patients were admitted to the therapeutic feeding centre at Bay Regional Hospital. Even after expanding from 50 beds to 125, the facility is being pushed beyond its limits.

oPt: Gaza's water crisis deepens as summer takes hold

International Committee of the Red Cross — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:15:27 +0000

Country: occupied Palestinian territory

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross

Water production has dropped radically – to about 40 per cent of what it was before October 2023. Independent water production – from wells in Gaza – is less than a third of what it was.

Nearly half of the world’s children exposed to at least three overlapping climate threats

UN Children's Fund — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:33:07 +0000

Country: World

Source: UN Children's Fund

Drought, extreme heat, and heatwaves are the most prevalent trio of hazards endangering millions of children globally, according to the UNICEF Children's Climate Risk Report 2026 report.

DR Congo: Scale of Ebola virus outbreak likely under-estimated – Oxfam

Oxfam — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:03:08 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Source: Oxfam

Only one in five health facilities in Ituri, one of the epicenters of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has access to enough clean water, according to Oxfam field data.

DR Congo: Young children paying the highest price one month since DRC declared new Ebola crisis

Save the Children — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:03:06 +0000

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source: Save the Children

The outbreak has rapidly become the third-largest ever recorded in the DRC, with some 782 confirmed cases and 181 confirmed deaths - and children are among the most vulnerable, said Save the Children.

World: With seven in 10 refugees living in long-term displacement, UNHCR calls for solutions

UN High Commissioner for Refugees — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:33:08 +0000

Countries: World, Afghanistan, Chad, Colombia, Germany, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The latest Global Trends Report shows that returns are also gathering pace: 14.7 million displaced people returned to their areas or countries of origin in 2025.

Nigeria: Rapid surge in suspected cholera cases places health facilities under severe strain

Médecins Sans Frontières — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:26:36 +0000

Country: Nigeria

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières

MSF is supporting the Borno State Ministry of Health (MoH) to respond to a rapidly evolving surge in suspected cholera cases across Borno State, where more than seven thousand people have fallen ill since early May 2026.

South Sudan: Food insecurity worsens in Jonglei amid conflict and aid suspensions

Save the Children — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:27:40 +0000

Country: South Sudan

Source: Save the Children

Save the Children warns that parts of South Sudan are at risk of famine as acute food insecurity and child malnutrition worsen, with conflict, flooding and aid suspensions disrupting essential services in Jonglei state.

World: Global peacefulness deteriorates for twelfth consecutive year

Institute for Economics and Peace — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:03:11 +0000

Country: World

Source: Institute for Economics and Peace

The 2026 Global Peace Index reveals a world struggling with the economic consequences of a record-high number of conflicts that are increasingly interconnected and difficult to resolve.

Drone strikes cause mass casualties at Chad-Sudan border

Médecins Sans Frontières — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:03:08 +0000

Countries: Chad, Sudan

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières

Since early May, drone strikes around Tina, Sudan, near the Chadian border, have intensified, leading to repeated influxes of wounded patients at Tiné Hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Chad.