News Monitor
The IFRC calls on governments, donors and stakeholders to support its response as humanitarian needs continue to grow and the storm season is forecast to be one of the most active on record.
As the first major hurricane of the year causes widespread damage, UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to families in the Caribbean Basin.
Although of a temporary nature, this protection guarantees more than 4.2 million refugees from Ukraine residency, access to public services and the labour market of host countries for another year.
More than 300,000 children are now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March, rendering them more vulnerable to violence and disrupting their access to services.
The UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Gazans fleeing the southern city have had to erect shelters at the waterâs edge because displacement camps are already packed at the coast.
Aid partners now require $1.5 billion, up from $1.4 billion in January, to assist and protect up to 3.3 million people forced to flee, as well as local communities in neighbouring countries.
As of October last year, 6.9 million people were displaced across DRC, a number expected to increase. In North Kivu alone, by the end of May, 1.77 million people had been displaced.
The attack comes against the backdrop of a worsening humanitarian crisis, driven by the ongoing war in Sudan between rival militaries that has left the country teetering on the brink of famine.
Ongoing heavy fighting in northern Gaza has now forced an estimated 84,000 people to flee eastern Gaza City in a matter of days, while also cutting off access to a key aid distribution hub.
A spike in insurgent attacks is driving a growing humanitarian and displacement crisis, even as donors and security forces are withdrawing. The situation may be on the brink of becoming much worse.
WFP plans to continue its response through cash assistance for the recipient families and an additional 48,000 households that WFP has pre-identified as part of its preparedness efforts.
The campaign comes in response to an outbreak confirmed in February, and will target areas that are bordering southern DR Congo, have a history of polio cases, or are in the main corridor of Luanda.
Devastating extreme weather events and natural disasters are shattering many refugee and other displaced communities worldwide, worsening their plight and in some cases forcing them to move and start again.
The situation is particularly concerning for mothers and adult women, who often prioritize feeding others over themselves and report greater difficulty accessing food compared to men.
A major flood is predicted later this year, as humanitarian actors plan for a scenario in which more than three million people are affected and 2.4 million are in need of humanitarian assistance.
The rapid deterioration in food security in Sudan has left 755,000 people in catastrophic conditions with a risk of famine in 14 areas, according to the latest Snapshot data released by the IPC.
The extreme escalation of conflict, indiscriminate violence and severe restrictions on access in northern Rakhine have forced MSF to suspend activities in Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw.