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. Many arrived in worrying condition at medical facilities on 31 October after being trapped by fighting and having endured months of severe shortages of basic necessities including food and medical supplies. WFP welcomed the short ceasefire and called for safe, sustained humanit...
. At least 175,000 people have so far been affected by El Nino-linked heavy rains and flash floods in several regions; shelters, latrines and water points have been damaged or flooded. From October to December, at least 3.4 million people are projected to face flood risks, with H...
Countries: South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya . Highlights • More than 5,100 refugees and returnees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo need urgent humanitarian support. • A national simulation exercise identifies gaps in Ebola preparedness. • Insecurity a...
. Staple food (wheat flour, edible oils, and pulses) prices remained 23 percent above pre-Middle East conflict levels, as of 29 October, reflecting a combination of domestic market factors and higher fuel and import costs. Wheat flour prices recorded a marginal decrease (-0.8%) d...
In 2026, disasters and humanitarian crises have upended millions of lives around the world. Earthquakes and floods have destroyed communities and critical infrastructure. Conflict, displacement, hunger, and disease continue to threaten children’s safety, health, and futures...
. On October 9, 2026, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake primarily affected the provinces of Herrera, Los Santos, Veraguas, and Coclé. More than 22,400 people were affected, and damage to homes, schools, and health facilities limited access to essential services. Women and girls face spe...
. El 9 de octubre de 2026, un sismo de magnitud 7,5 afectó principalmente a las provincias de Herrera, Los Santos, Veraguas y Coclé. Más de 22.400 personas resultaron afectadas y los daños en viviendas, centros educativos y de salud limitaron el acceso a servicios esenciales. Las...
Countries: Haiti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico . KEY FIGURES 2.7K homes flooded by heavy rain across Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica 5.9M people face Crisis-level food insecurity or worse in Haiti 32K people affected by El Niño-related rains in Ecuador MEXIC...
. «Las familias están retornando a comunidades donde la vivienda y los servicios básicos ya se encuentran bajo una presión severa. El invierno añade ahora un nuevo nivel de urgencia», declaró Mihyung Park, Jefa de Misión de la OIM en Afganistán. «Necesitamos financiamiento ahora ...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda .
. « Les familles rentrent dans des communautés où le logement et les services de base sont déjà soumis à de fortes pressions. L'hiver vient maintenant s'ajouter à l'urgence », a déclaré Mihyung Park, cheffe de mission de l'OIM en Afghanistan. « Nous avons besoin de financements i...
. HIGHLIGHTS The alert level has been lowered from orange to green. Weather conditions are expected to improve in the coming days, but showers remain possible in the evening. Eight deaths have been recorded: three in the West, three in Nippes, one in the South and one in Grand’An...
.3 million Afghans have returned from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan this year, as an USD 8.8 million inter-agency funding gap threatens winter assistance for vulnerable families facing inadequate shelter, heating and other essential supplies such as winter support, th...
. The Return and Mobility Intention Report presents findings from DTM Sudan’s Return and Mobility Intention Module, based on household surveys conducted in August 2026 across 185 localities in all 18 states of Sudan. The assessment examines IDP and returnee households’ intentions...
. Ministers responsible for Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Affairs from IGAD Member States adopted the Mombasa Ministerial Declaration on Anticipatory Action on 30 October 2026, during the Second Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action (EADP-2) in Momba...
.000 personas refugiadas y solicitantes de asilo en Yemen. El aumento de la inseguridad, el colapso de la economía, el agotamiento de los recursos y las graves restricciones al acceso humanitario están dejando a decenas de miles de personas sin un lugar seguro al que acudir. Pese...
.3 million in less than a year, according to the latest analyses from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), released today. The data from the IPC, the world's leading authority on hunger monitoring, reveals that 28.8 million people are experiencing acute food i...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria . According to the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as of 24 October 2026, the country had reported 9,964 confirmed cases of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), including 4,841 deaths, repres...
. SITUATION UPDATE Key developments since SitRep 01 Odisha floods: extreme rain Patrapur 546 mm) caused flash floods in Ganjam and Gajapati; Rushikulya embankments breached. Helicopters are evacuating people and dropping food. AP: CM puts deaths at 7 and the preliminary loss at ...
Countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan . This two-pager explores barriers to equitable land access for women, youth and persons with disabilities in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts, highlighting emerging solutions and recommendations for more inclusiv...
. This desk review explores how land access affects food security, livelihoods and self-reliance in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts. It highlights key challenges, emerging good practices and recommendations for more secure, inclusive and sustainable land use. Access to land is...
. Alors même que le conflit s’intensifie, des milliers de personnes continuent de risquer de dangereuses traversées maritimes depuis la Corne de l’Afrique vers le Yémen, pour arriver dans un pays où l’insécurité et les conditions humanitaires se détériorent rapidement. La situati...
. In Marsabit County, Kenya, prolonged drought is eating away at the food security, health and livelihoods of pastoralist families. With funding from the Kenya Humanitarian Fund, Concern Worldwide is supporting drought-affected communities with nutrition, water, sanitation and hy...
. Barbados was among the countries in the Americas that, in 2010, committed to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis under PAHO’s Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections. In 2025, PAHO/WHO conducted a visit t...
. The exceptional is no longer exceptional. We must prepare for everything. This summer, Europe fought raging wildfires together through our Union Civil Protection Mechanism. In Belgium, France, Spain, Serbia and beyond, planes crossed borders and European firefighters worked sid...
. As Europe faces growing risks and increasingly complex natural hazards and human-induced disasters, 9 in 10 Europeans think it is important that the EU helps coordinate disaster response both within its territories and other countries, while 94% agree that Member States should ...
. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Displacement continues to grow, with more than 281,000 people displaced. Most have fled fighting in Ta’iz and along the West Coast, and a new surge from Lahj in mid-October shows that the crisis is spreading rather than stabilizing. People in and around Ta’iz Cit...
. Executive summary The topic of trauma-informed care (TiC) in asylum and reception systems was identified as one of the key priorities during the 2025 annual conference of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) Vulnerability Experts Network. In response, the EUAA vulnerabil...
Countries: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . Pour compenser la forte baisse de son budget, le HCR cherche à réunir au moins 50 millions de dollars pour l’aide hivernale 2026-2027, soit 3 millions de plus que l’an dernier, grâce à sa campagne annuelle auprès du...
. The initiative also aims to improve emergency response readiness by ensuring essential supplies are strategically positioned and available for deployment during disasters and emergencies. “Disasters often strike without warning. Prepositioning Direct Relief’s emergency supplies...
Countries: Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia . 30 October 2026 GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis facing more than 65,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Yemen, as escalating insecurity, economic collapse, depleting resources and ...
Countries: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . To help offset deep declines in its budget, UNHCR is aiming to raise at least $50 million for winter support in 2026-27, $3 million more than it raised last year, through its annual campaign aimed at individuals and...
. The organization is working to support health services as the country rebuilds. By Noah Smith Four months after two powerful earthquakes devastated northern Venezuela, aid workers say the country is confronting a deepening health crisis. Chronic illness, disrupted medical care,...
Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan .
. Brief Summary Most callers to Radio Ergo’s independent audience feedback platform in the week 22-28 October 2026 spoke about rainfall, which they largely described as beneficial for their livelihoods. These calls came from locations across the central regions, from southern reg...
. Concerns of ethnic cleansing in Gaza endure as Israeli forces continue to push Palestinians into an ever-smaller fraction of the territory, causing recurrent displacement while destroying the remaining civilian infrastructure and attacking displacement sites. Palestinians in Ga...
. A new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, released yesterday, finds that more than 5.94 million people, 53% of the population, face “crisis” levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). That is an increase of nearly a quarter of a million co...
Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger . « Même si tu es vieille, tu es à la maison, tu manges, » se réjouit-elle, en montrant son carré de terre déjà bien garni. Kotedji Rekia est vice-présidente d’une coopérative de maraîchage depuis 18 ans, à Guéné dans le nord du Bénin, à 40 k...
Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger . “Even if I’m old, I’m at home, I have food to eat,” she says happily, pointing to her already well-stocked plot of land. For a long time, Kotedji Rekia and the other members of the cooperative happily sold their products in the bustling mar...
Countries: Pakistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of) .
. KEY MESSAGES Most refugee households cannot meet their food needs through current assistance: approximately two thirds experience borderline or poor food consumption, as well as ‘moderate’ hunger, leaving nearly all households reliant on reducing meals, borrowing food and buyin...
Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan . Context & Rationale Trade and regional connectivity have long played an important role in Afghanistan. Historically, the country occupied a strategic position along the Silk Road, with major routes passing through...
Countries: occupied Palestinian territory, Israel . Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amid continuing genocide in Gaza, UN Commission of Inquiry finds 26 October 2026 NEW YORK – Israel has committed war crimes and th...
. Highlights Almost 690K people have been reached with life-saving health services in 227 townships in Myanmar between 1 July and 30 September 2026. An additional 126K people were reached in townships that are excluded from the 2026 HNRP. In spite of ongoing rains, cholera/Acute ...
. HIGHLIGHTS • Funding shortages have required WFP to reduce food assistance in Gaza by around one-third, with monthly support falling from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people, leaving some 500,000 vulnerable people without critical assistance as winter approaches. The provision of...
. Port Vila, Vanuatu, 30th October 2026 – The Government of Vanuatu and the United Nations today launched the Anticipatory Action Framework, strengthening collective efforts to help communities prepare before severe tropical cyclone impacts occur and protect lives and livelihoods...
. Description of the Event Date of event 13-12-2025 What happened, where and when? On 17 November 2025, hydrological monitoring in El Torno Municipality recorded a river level of 3.15 metres, classified as an “Extraordinary Rise”, indicating an increased risk of flooding in the d...
. Highlights • Daily casualties are falling, but deaths are not. The HEOC register reached 9,072 (7,395 injured, 1,677 deaths) by 25 October, +559 in six days. Daily totals declined from 153 on 20 October to 27 on 24 October before rising again to 56 on 25 October. The period ave...
. Description of the EventDate of event 12-04-2026 What happened, where and when? From 7 April 2026, a trough system affected the Dominican Republic, generating intense rainfall and prolonged atmospheric instability across the country. At the height of the emergency, the National...
Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan .
. Description of the Event Date of event 15-10-2025 What happened, where and when? In the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo, a sharp rise in suspected and confirmed cases was reported from late September 2025 onward. Epidemiological projections at the ...
. Their findings recognize an important dimension that has not been given enough attention: children in the West Bank have been deliberately targeted—not just because of their nationality, race or ethnicity but also due to their age—in attacks causing serious bodily and mental ha...
Countries: World, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Tonga . The theme of World Tsunami Awareness Day 2026, on 5 November, is “Be Tsunami Ready: Resilience Starts With You”. It builds on WTAD 2025’s emphasis on investment in preparedness by focusing on individual and community action. The ...
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