Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Operational highlights • The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, together with UNHCR, convened the second Tripartite Commission in Kinshasa (2-4 June 2026) to discuss the facilitated voluntary returns. Parties reaffi
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. INTERSOS AT A-GLANCE INTERSOS is an international humanitarian organisation currently working in 21 countries which intervenes in emergency and crisis situations to bring immediate aid and guarantee assistance to people threatened by conflict, violence, extreme poverty, natural or man-made disaste
. RESUMEN A partir de los datos recopilados por Insecurity Insight, la Coalición para la Protección de la Salud en Situaciones de Conflicto (SHCC) identificó 27 incidentes de violencia contra la atención sanitaria o de obstrucción de la misma en México en 2025, frente a los 28 registrados en 2024 y
. Key findings: Armed violence inside hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and rehabilitation centers continued in 2025, with these types of incidents nearly doubling in Sinaloa state. Recorded incidents involving health worker killings and kidnappings also persisted, as did the use of restraints against
. The report provides an overview of the country during the reference period (October 2025–May 2026). It begins by describing the country's structure and governance, before examining the treatment of specific population profiles and groups. It then outlines the situation of returnees from abroad and
Countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria . In mid-2025, the Regional Protection Working Group for West and Central Africa (RPWG-WCA) issued an advocacy note documenting the alarming impact of humanitarian funding reductions on protection programming across West and C
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. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), International Medical Corps (IMC) Participants (66): Save Ukraine, Responsible Citizens, SOLETERRE, Pluriton, Department of the National Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, Medicos del Mundo, Samaritan’s Purse, ALLIANCE.GLOBAL, Khmelnytskyi Region
. Key Highlights Figures • Food Insecurity Worsening: Around 6 million people are projected to face IPC 3+, while parts of Bay and Bakool remain at risk of Famine (IPC 5). A 50% cereal production deficit is expected. • Aid Coverage Remains Uneven: Humanitarian assistance remains concentrated in acce
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. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), International Medical Corps (IMC) Participants (69): MdM Greece, Alight, Pluriton, Finn Church Aid, ACF, YMCA Zaporizhzhya, ALLIANCE.GLOBAL, INTERSOS, Lutheran World Federation, RealIs, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), World Relief, MdM Germany, UK-MED, YMCA
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. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), International Medical Corps (IMC) Participants (68): ADRA Japan, Pluriton, YMCA Zaporizhia, Intersos, Plan International Ukraine, YMCA Ukraine, Caritas-Spes Ukraine, Mondo, Ternopil Regional Organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, UNODC Programme O
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. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), International Medical Corps (IMC) Participants (92): ADRA Japan, Premiere Urgence Internationale, Plan International Ukraine, FHI 360, International Committee of the Red Cross, Academiya Turboty NGO, Enlightening, YMCA Ukraine, Caritas-Spes Ukraine, REALIS,
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. The estimated number of persons missing as a result of the fall of the Srebrenica and Žepa UN Safe Areas in July 1995 is ~8,000; the number of missing persons identified by traditional (non-DNA) means is 34; the number of persons identified using DNA is 6,989; the total number of missing persons a
. Key findings: In 2025, violence against or obstruction of health care was reported in ten states – six more than in 2024 – with reported incidents spreading to Lakes, Unity, Northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile, and Western Equatoria. Most incidents were attributed to unidentified men a
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Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar . Qatar Charity (QC), with the generous support of philanthropists in Qatar, continues to provide cooking gas support to Rohingya refugees living on Bhasan Char in Bangladesh, as part of its ongoing humanitarian relief efforts. Through this latest intervention, approxi
Countries: Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic .
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan .3%, but remains below the 90-95% target recommended by WHO to contain an outbreak Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 13, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of
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. Myanmar has been in crisis since 1 February 2021, when the military (Tatmadaw) overthrew the democratically elected government. This coup sparked widespread protests and armed resistance, leading to a severe political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. The military regime, known as the State Admi
. Myanmar has been in crisis since 1 February 2021, when the military (Tatmadaw) overthrew the democratically elected government. This coup sparked widespread protests and armed resistance, leading to a severe political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. The military regime, known as the State Admi
. AGENDA Cash Working Group follow- up updates Humanitarian Access Working Group updates Logistics Sector operational updates AOB
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Countries: Rwanda, Afghanistan, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Sudan .
Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Faits saillants • Le Gouvernement du Burundi, à travers l’Oce National de Protection des Réfugiés et des Apatrides (ONPRA), et le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) ont annoncé, le 2 juillet 2026, l’achèvement de l’opéra
Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Operational highlights • The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, together with UNHCR, convened the second Tripartite Commission in Kinshasa (2-4 June 2026) to discuss the facilitated voluntary returns. Parties reaffi
Countries: Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Uganda . In Somalia, June data pointed to a 60% chance of above-average rainfall across the south and southwest, and forecasters are watching a July 15 update that will determine funding and planning for anticipatory action. Overlapping c
Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan . Key findings: Incidents continued to be recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s southern districts of Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and Malakand, which are known for security challenges and militant activity. In 2025, the pattern of violence against health care in Pakistan shi
. Funded by KSrelief, UNOPS started equipping three hospitals in Hama in coordination with the Ministry of Health Hama, July 7, 2026 – With funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through King Salman humanitarian aid and relief Centre (KSrelief), UNOPS, in close coordination with the Syrian Ministr
. Funded by KSrelief, UNOPS started establishing the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department at Ibn Roshed Hospital in coordination with the Ministry of Health Aleppo, July 7, 2026 – With funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through King Salman humanitarian aid and relief Centre (KSrelief) and in c
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. The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is deliberate and calculated MSF’s latest report indicates that attacks on healthcare in Ukraine are too consistent to be a random consequence of war. Attacks on healthcare are impacting people’s ability to reach care, as well as medical staff’s ability to
. In May 2026, OCHA conducted a humanitarian access severity monitoring exercise to assess humanitarian actors’ perceptions of access constraints and their ability to conduct operations across Ukraine. Given the different access dynamics across the country, the exercise used two levels of analysis:
. International and national partners mark the successful completion of the "Labor-Intensive Maintenance in Public Schools" project in Jordan Amman, July 12, 2026 – Today, representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labour, the German Embassy in Jordan, the German Federal Ministr
. Highlights 94 partners supported through logistics coordination and information sharing, access to common services and trainings • 20 participants from 9 organizations to the Logistics Cluster Induction training in Kyiv • IMPACCT Customs & Importations course for the first time launched in Ukr
. The Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) Q1 Dashboard presents a snapshot of the cluster’s activities and achievements. Between 2 and 16 March 2026, the team conducted extensive gaps and needs analysis and deep assessments to evaluate the impact of the escalation in Lebanon. The findings
One summer in college, I studied abroad in Paris to satisfy some philosophy and art history requirements for my degree. After our plane landed, my class went straight from arrivals to Musée de l’Orangerie, where I proceeded to get lost in Claude Monet’s impressionistic masterpiece Nymphéas (Water Li
There’s a wizard character in the Harry Potter series whose work involves close contact with technologies created by ordinary humans. Like any wizard, he has little need of all this: With a flick of the wand and a mouthful of hocus-pocus, he can work wonders. Yet he finds endless delight in rooting
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