. Executive Summary The Emergency Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (EMPCA) Guidelines establish a harmonized, interagency framework to enable a rapid, coordinated, and scalable cash response to populations affected by conflict escalation in Lebanon. Developed by the CWG EMPCA Task Team, the guidelines
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. It was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and perhaps one of the earliest documented global disasters to produce cascading impacts across Asia, Europe, and North America. Volcanic ash and sulfur particles spread through the atmosphere, reducing sunlight and lowering temperatur
. This document is the result of the local Migration Governance Indicators (MGIs) assessment in the Municipality of Chisinau (Republic of Moldova) and summarizes the well-developed areas of the municipality’s migration governance structures, as well as areas with potential for further development, a
Countries: World, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan . Integrating seasonal climate forecasts and health risk analysis to support anticipatory action and operational preparedness.
. Key Insights • Overall prices rose by +1.4% month-on-month and +7.6% year-on-year in March 2026. Food prices accounted for 92.9% of the overall MoM inflation; non-food prices accounted for 7.1%. • Housing saw the steepest year-on-year price increase (+17.6%). Spices had the largest decline (-7.3%)
. According to Syrian authorities, the river rose more than 3.6 meters above normal levels, inundating low-lying communities, damaging agricultural land, disrupting access routes, and placing thousands of families at risk. In Deir ez-Zor, flooding has affected at least 2,439 families (14,634 individ
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. Overview: June typically marks the start of the southwest monsoon season in Yemen, with the first dekad often featuring sporadic, localized convective rainfall. Under normal conditions, the western highlands and coastal plains receive light to moderate rainfall, while the eastern and central deser
. Executive Summary Thousands of individuals held in arbitrary and unlawful detention in northeast Syria, or displaced from such detention, are subject to a sustained and preventable crisis affecting human rights, security, and due process. For years, they have been deprived of liberty without charg
. Through this, humanitarian actors communicate, receive, process, respond and learn – in a two-way process with the community. As the humanitarian sector advances the ‘reset’ agenda prioritising efficiency and localisation, AAP has never been more important. In reviewing efficiencies, it is useful
. SITUATION OVERVIEW Deir ez-Zor and Al Raqqa are facing a rapidly evolving emergency due to rising water levels in the Euphrates River, which has flooded low-lying riverbank areas and disrupted essential services. The situation is developing quickly and may worsen if water levels continue to rise,
. INTRODUCTION Les crises humanitaires affectent de manière différenciée les femmes, les hommes, les filles et les garçons, et exposent particulièrement les femmes et les enfants à des violences qui constituent une menace directe pour leur survie. Ces violences doivent être traitées comme des priori
. PARTICIPANTS Action Contre La Faim (ACF), Concern Worldwide, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Medical Corps (IMC), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY), Première Urgence – Aide Médica
. Key Updates / Developments – Cash Coordination Team ● The Emergency MPCA guidelines were finalized through a consultative process and endorsed by the Cash Working Group core group. These guidelines establish a harmonized framework for rapid and coordinated emergency cash responses, covering activa
. Executive Summary The Emergency Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (EMPCA) Guidelines establish a harmonized, interagency framework to enable a rapid, coordinated, and scalable cash response to populations affected by conflict escalation in Lebanon. Developed by the CWG EMPCA Task Team, the guidelines
. CONTEXT Significant protection risks persist across Cabo Delgado in March 2026 driven by sustained non-state armed group (NSAG) attacks on civilians, including forced displacement, family separation, GBV, loss of civil documentation, and severe trauma. Lack of food and water (as reported by 60% of
. The disruption to global humanitarian supply chains is impacting children across the globe, with continued congestion in global supply routes, and higher transport costs at all levels. “Increased transport costs mean less money for the lifesaving supplies children need. These pressures are renderi
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. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, MATTHIAS SCHMALE, CONDEMNS A LARGE-SCALE WAVE OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KYIV, DNIPRO AND KHARKIV: CIVILIANS WERE KILLED AND INJURED The early days of summer in Ukraine are marked by yet another large-scale massive attack by the Russian Federation Armed Forces on K
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