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. Purpose This note summaries environmental policies and challenges associated with the response to the June 2026 Venezuela earthquakes. The information provided can be used to integrate environmental issues into plans and operations. This note focuses on shelter, formal and informal sheltering site
. A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis During 2024, Yemen’s rainy season (April-June and July-September) were marked by unprecedented rainfall, resulting in severe flooding that caused widespread destruction and displacement. These floods further exacerbated Yemen’s already dire humanitar
. Description of the Event Date of event 28-11-2025 What happened, where and when? A low-pressure system that developed over the southwest Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka on 25 November 2025 rapidly intensified into a deep depression by 26 November 2025, bringing heavy rains and strong winds across the
. Description During the early hours of 12 July 2026, exceptionally heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and mudflows in Telavi Municipality, Kakheti Region. The Telaviskhevi River overflowed its banks after intense precipitation, causing widespread flooding across urban areas, significant damage t
. Autrefois verdoyant, le sol est désormais grisâtre. À la place de la verdure, s’étend une épaisse couche de cendres. Le contraste est glaçant : le relief noirci témoigne à lui seul de l’ampleur du désastre. Nous sommes à Nouna, un village situé à une centaine de kilomètres de Djenné, dans la régio
Countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali . Highlights As of May 2026, an estimated 85,630 refugees and asylum seekers, including 49,666 children, have fled to northern Côte d’Ivoire due to the worsening security situation in Burkina Faso and Mali. Since the beginning of 2026, 2,844 new arrivals
. FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable production prospects for 2026 wheat crop Wheat import requirements forecast slightly above average in 2026/27 marketing year Average inflation in 2026 declined to a five‑year low Favourable production prospects for 2026 wheat crop Harvesting of the 2026 winter cer
. This snapshot presents findings from the fifteenth round of the Gender Coordination Group (GCG)and the Humanitarian Access Working Group (HAWG) survey on operational trends following the 24 December 2022 ban on Afghan women working for international and national NGOs (I/NGOs), and its extension to
. FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Below‑average cereal production forecast in 2026 Total cereal exports in 2026/27 forecast below average Prices of wheat flour above the previous year’s level as of May 2026 Below‑average cereal production forecast in 2026 Harvesting of the 2026 winter cereal crops, mainly wh
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Countries: Spain, France, Croatia, Portugal .
. زيارة ميدانية لبرنامج سواسية ومانحيه تسلط الضوء على دعم إعادة تأهيل النساء وتعزيز خدمات العدالة المستجيبة للنوع الاجتماعي في فلسطين أريحا، فلسطين – ١٤تموز/يوليو ٢٠٢٦- أريحا، فلسطين – 14 تموز/يوليو 2026 – نظم برنامج سواسية المشترك زيارة ميدانية لشركاء التنمية الدوليين إلى مركز الإصلاح والتأهيل في أ
. HIGHLIGHTS Community safety and access to food and basic services in Gaza are under increasing strain as the expansion of areas under Israeli control causes further displacement and disruptions in humanitarian assistance. The UN Humanitarian Country Team has warned of the intensifying risks such e
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad . Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak update As of 11 July, national health authorities had reported 1,926 confirmed cases across Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo provinces. Ituri Pro
Countries: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe . Much of Southern Africa transitioned from large-scale flood response to recovery during the second quarter of 2026, with the exc
Countries: Sudan, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania . Eastern Africa remains one of the world's most severe humanitarian hotspots, with 48.5 million people in need of assistance in 2026. Conflict, displacement, climate shoc
. Summary At least 293 civilians were killed and 1,990 injured in Ukraine in June 2026. Following the sharp increase documented in May, civilian casualties continued to rise, reaching the highest total number of civilians killed and injured since April 2022.1 The June civilian casualties were 10 per
. The trial begins on 14 July 2026 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Paris – Kinshasa, 14 July 2026 – On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the current Ebola virus disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo an
. The confirmed infection of a U.S. humanitarian worker supporting the response in Bunia adds urgency to the protection of everyone working to contain the outbreak. Health workers, humanitarian personnel, community responders, laboratory teams, volunteers and operational staff are sustaining the res
. In the 2022 Strategic Concept, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) committed to mainstreaming human security – an approach that widens the traditional focus of ‘security’ from states to individuals and adopts a population-centric approach to conflicts – across its core tasks, from collec
. The Uganda Roadmap on Anticipatory Action (2026–2031) provides a national framework for shifting disaster management from reactive response to proactive, forecast-based action. Developed through a multi-stakeholder process led by Uganda's Office of the Prime Minister with support from ICPAC and pa
. Data from Insecurity Insight shows that since fighting started between the SAF and RSF in April 2023 and 09 June 2026 at least 768 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care took place across Sudan: Over two-thirds of these 768 attacks were attributed to the RSF 213 heal
. There has been increasing realization that environmental issues are linked to the impact of disasters and that the way that humanitarian aid is provided can have positive or negative impacts on the environment. In some cases, the negative impacts can worsen, and prolong, disaster impacts or even s
. Key Findings • Nearly all assessed items were reported as having either no availability or low availability across all governorates in the Gaza Strip. The only exceptions were regular adhesive duct tape (non-construction quality) and re-used metal rebar, which were reported as widely available in
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. Summary At least 274 civilians were killed and 1,763 injured in Ukraine in May 2026, marking the highest total number of civilians killed and injured since April 2022. [1] This is a 93 per cent increase compared with May 2025 (191 killed; 865 injured) and a 23 per cent increase compared with April
. DTM launched a new round of ETT on 14 June 2026 using an updated methodology to monitor displacement driven by conflict, as well as the climatic impacts of the El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to trigger significant displacement toward the end of the year. DTM teams collect data in five distr
. Bamako, July 14, 2026 While the number of displaced people in Mali is growing and funding is dwindling, DanChurchAid (DCA) Mali and its national partner, AAPPOR, continue to deliver support to tens of thousands of the most vulnerable among them with the support of the European Union. Almost 55,000
. Executive Summary Syria’s crisis, now in its fifteenth year, continues to represent one of the most severe displacement and protection emergencies globally. In 2025, an estimated 16.5 million people inside the country required humanitarian assistance, including more than 6.4 million internally dis
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