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Sudan: Almina Albari IDPs Site Factsheet

. Al Mina Al Bari also known as Unified Camp is one of the two largest displacement sites in El Obeid town, located in Sheikan locality of North Kordofan. The site was serving as a bus station for the town. At the onset of 2023 conflict displaced population from rural areas of North, South and West

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DR Congo: UNICEF and Gavi launch call to manufacturers in support of accelerated access to Bundibugyo Ebolavirus vaccines

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . Building on Gavi’s recent commitment of US$40 million to support accelerated vaccine access, this EOI will help inform how that financing can best support manufacturing scale-up and rapid access to doses if and when they become available. The Exp

Côte d'Ivoire: WFP Côte d’Ivoire Country Brief, May 2026

Countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali . SITUATION OVERVIEW • According to the October 2025 Cadre Harmonisé projections, over 1.3 million people will face acute food insecurity (Phases 3-4) between June and August 2026, with an additional 3.9 million in Phase 2 —representing a 43 percen

oPt: Palestine - Coordination meeting minutes, Gaza, 9 June 2026

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UNHCR Ethiopia | WASH factsheet | January-March 2026

Countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan . ◦ Define the WASH pathways for transition in accordance with the 50 by 35 and Makatet Road Map ◦ Ensure that WASH services in woredas and areas hosting forcibly displaced and stateless population are improved and included in facilities managed by regional water bur

UNHCR Ethiopia | Public Health factsheet | January-March 2026

. ▪ UNHCR, in collaboration with various partners, provides primary healthcare services to refugees and the neighboring host communities in Ethiopia, while also facilitating referrals to secondary and tertiary hospitals for refugees and asylum seekers. To promote effective access to healthcare and s

UNHCR Ethiopia | CBI factsheet | January-March 2026

. UNHCR Ethiopia’s Cash-Based Interventions (CBI) strategy aims to strengthen protection, enhance resilience, and promote economic and social inclusion of refugees, IDPs, returnees, and vulnerable host communities. The strategy aligns with UNHCR CBI Policy (2022–2026), Ethiopia Multi-Year Strategy (

UNHCR Ethiopia | Education factsheet | January-March 2026

. ▪ In partnership with the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and other partners, access to education services for the (2025/2026) academic year enrolled a total of 193,885 (85,398 girls) refugee students in pre-primary (52,858), primary (118,870), and secondary (22,157) levels of education. Moreover, 3,

Ethiopia: Pour sa première visite en Éthiopie, Barham Salih met l'accent sur l'inclusion et les solutions pour les réfugiés | HCR

. « L’Éthiopie fait la démonstration de ce qu’il est possible de réaliser lorsque la protection va de pair avec l’inclusion et l’accès à des opportunités, non seulement pour les réfugiés, mais aussi pour les communautés qui les accueillent », a déclaré Barham Salih. « Ce leadership mérite un soutien

UNHCR Ethiopia: Housing and Settlement factsheet | January-March 2026

. UNHCR, in collaboration with FDRE Refugee Returnee Service (RRS) and partners, is supporting refugees, asylum seekers, and host communities to access safe, dignified, habitable shelter—addressing urgent humanitarian needs while advancing integrated, climate-resilient settlements aligned with the G

DR Congo: Strategic Assistance for Emergency Response (SAFER) Consortium | Concern Worldwide

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Bolivia Civil Unrest 2026: DREF Final Report (MDRBO022)

. What happened, where and when? Since early May 2026, Bolivia has experienced widespread social mobilizations and road blockades, which have progressively disrupted mobility and access to essential services. The situation escalated during the second half of May, when road blockades expanded across

Inhabited Border Villages in Southern Lebanon Remain Isolated as Residents Struggle to Access Water and Essential Services

. Located only a few kilometres from the southern borders, these communities found themselves trapped throughout the war, cut off from essential services, while facing severe limitations on their ability to move safely and access basic necessities. While most residents of the border areas were forci

Yemen: The More the Merrier? Comparing Outcomes and Preferences for Three- vs. Six-Month Cash Transfers

. Three monthly cash transfers in Yemen achieve equivalent food security outcomes to six-month programs, but the additional transfers reduce harmful coping strategies – offsetting roughly one-third to one-half their incremental cost. Yemen's humanitarian cash programs sustain millions of households

Côte d'Ivoire: Providing healthcare and advice in remote villages

. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with health authorities, enables the organisation to reach certain communities that are cut off from the healthcare system, whether due to a lack of information, financial difficulties or isolation. “When the project began, in some villages I met patie

Ethiopia: Deafening silence: no accountability for the killing of three MSF staff in Tigray

. On 24 June 2021, María Hernández Matas, Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, and Yohannes Halefom Reda were shot while they were in the area looking for people in need of medical assistance, after reports of heavy fighting. One year on since MSF published our internal review into the brutal killing, t

WFP Egypt Country Brief, June 2026 (Reporting period: May 2026)

. IN NUMBERS 534,000 people assisted in May 2026 (60% female) 265 mt food distributed in May 2026 USD 1.8M cash transferred in May 2026 USD 24.5M required in the next six months (June – November 2026) KEY HIGHLIGHTS In May, WFP supported over 534,000 people in Egypt through various interventions, in

Yemen: When risk is local, but decisions are not: bridging the gap in risk-sharing practice

. In contexts like Yemen, where operational constraints, access limitations and compliance pressures intersect daily, national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operate closest to risk. They are the first to encounter disruptions, the first to respond, and often the ones who carry the consequenc

Tzu Chi Relief Efforts in Lebanon: Blankets Delivered Amid Ongoing Conflict

. Following the intense airstrikes on Beirut on April 8, about 1.2 million people were displaced and faced severe shortages of basic necessities. In response, on April 14, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (BTCF) transported 6,228 eco-friendly thick blankets from Jordan to Beirut to support those affe

Madagascar DREF Operational Update MDRMG026: Mpox epidemic emergency response

. What happened, where and when? Madagascar is experiencing its rst documented Mpox epidemic (clade 1b), which began with the detection of the index case on 17 December 2025 (epidemiological week 51). An ocial alert was issued on 31 December 2025, marking the recognition of a rapidly evolving public

AMDA Emergency Relief #5: Mindanao Earthquake, Philippines

. After donating 100 bags of cement to Glan, a municipality on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, on 21 June, AMDA’s joint relief team decided to end the quake-response activities for now. Since the start of the aid work on 18 June, AMDA’s effective assistance for the quake victims has achie

World: Their Future, Their Voice: Centering Displaced Children in Global Protection and Policy

. We are witnessing an unprecedented global displacement crisis, with children bearing a disproportionate share of its consequences. Conflict, persecution, violence, climate disaster, and economic collapse have uprooted millions from their homes. The result has been fractured families, severed educa

Côte d'Ivoire: Promoting women’s financial autonomy to strengthen their independence

. However, before the launch of the ACT-Femmes project by Action Against Hunger, the women mainly grew maize, which was harvested during the two summer months. The rest of the year was spent on other domestic tasks that did not generate any income for the family. For the past three years now, these

Tajikistan to establish framework for Disaster Risk Information Exchange

. The technical sessions focused heavily on reviewing current disaster risk assessment practices in Tajikistan. Experts analyzed existing operational methodologies, identifying critical challenges related to the fragmentation of data and the historical lack of standardized data exchange protocols ac

Interagency working group of Tajikistan's national DRR platform agrees on approaches to monitor the implementation of the national strategy

. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss strategic tools for enhancing the effectiveness of risk management, improving data collection, and developing early warning systems in the country. During the meeting, national experts and international partners reviewed in detail three key concepts

Enhancing Mediation: Lessons from Mozambique

. Mediation is widely understood as third-party-assisted negotiations aimed at preventing, managing, or resolving armed conflicts in which the conflict parties’ consent to the mediator taking some degree of control over the process.1 The value of mediation as a tool to facilitate political solutions

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Dashboard (April 2026)

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DR Congo: Ebola: MONUSCO and WHO Strengthen the Capacity of the Mission’s Healthcare Personnel in Goma

. Organized by MONUSCO’s Infection Prevention and Control and Epidemic Preparedness Unit (HPIDP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the capacity-building session was held at MONUSCO’s Level II+ Hospital, located at the RVA site in Goma. Participants included doctors, nurses,

oPt: Palestine - Coordination meeting, Gaza, 2 June 2026

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Syria Operational update, May 2026

. Syria’s operational environment is increasingly defined by large-scale returns and persistent humanitarian vulnerability. While around 1.6 million refugees and 1.9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned since December 2024, humanitarian needs remain severe, with 15.6 million peo

WFP Jordan Country Brief, June 2026 (Reporting period: May 2026)

. IN NUMBERS 610,000 people assisted in May 2026 (50% female) - estimate USD 1.3M cash transferred in May 2026 USD 22M required in the next six months (June – November 2026) 197,000 Syrian refugees returned from Jordan to Syria (December 2024 – June 2026) KEY HIGHLIGHTS WFP provided food assistance

Sanctity of Life Does Not Depend on Quality of Life

Twenty-one years ago, I whispered a prayer that was simple to say but difficult to imagine how God would answer. My daughter, Naomi, had been born with Down syndrome and several complications, and the early weeks of her life were spent in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a Boston hospital. Separa

Concerned about the Iran Deal, Iranian Christians Look to God

A few days after the Iran war began on February 28, a Christian convert and her family fled Tehran for their villa near the Caspian Sea. She hoped to avoid the airstrikes hitting the capital, but soon realized she faced a new danger. “I’m terrified to death,” she told Nahid Sepehri, executive direct

Social Darwinism, Social Universalism, and a Biblical Alternative

Henny Youngman began his famous comedy routine, “Take my wife—please.” I’m beginning this series of columns, “Take Gil Rife Jr.—please.” I spent hours with Gil at Eden Village, a Missouri homeless community where I stayed for six days in October 2023. Of all the homeless people in this series of col

Review: ‘The Death of Robin Hood’

The church killed Robin Hood. At least that’s how the stories go. There are a few different versions of the Early Modern English ballad “Robin Hood’s Death.” In most of them, the fatigued outlaw seeks his cousin, head nun of the Kirklees Priory, to perform the common Middle Age healing practice of b

Word Opened, Heart Enflamed

What kind of preaching makes Christ look supremely satisfying? John Piper shows from 2 Timothy 4:2 how urgent preaching awakens hearts to treasure Christ above all.Watch Now

Philosophy 101 for Pastors: An Invitation to a Great Tradition

ABSTRACT: Traditionally recognized as the handmaiden of theology, philosophy has fallen on hard times in some Christian circles. The discipline of philosophy, however, holds great value both for Christians in general and for pastors especially. Properly understood and pursued in submission to the wo

WFP Pakistan Weekly Market Report (11 June 2026)

. • For the week ending on 11 June the national average prices1 of staple foods (wheat flour and edible oils) prices remained slightly higher compared to their prices on 26 February, pre-Middle East crisis. • Compared to the week ended on 4 June, wheat flour prices decreased marginally likely due to

World: Global Polio Eradication Initiative High-Level Interview: WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - GPEI

. The world has reduced polio cases by more than 99%, bringing us closer than ever to eradication. Yet the final step is proving to be the most difficult. Why is this moment so critical? We are at a truly historic moment. Polio has been reduced from hundreds of thousands of cases each year to a smal