EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL ACTIVATION Activation Overview The Lesotho Red Cross society has activated the Early Action Protocol for drought. This is based on the evolving El Niño conditions that will affect the 2026/2027 rainfall season, which is also a critical period for the country as it coincides w
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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...
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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...
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Countries: Pakistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of) .
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. 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...
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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...
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United States (MNN)—A Barna Research study recently answered the question, “What questions are American teens asking?” The research report, produced in partnership with Christ In Youth, surveyed 1,500 U.S. teens ages 13–18 about how much pressure they feel to have answers to diff...
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Iran (MNN) — AI is helping translate the Bible into Iran’s ethnic languages faster, at a lower cost, and with less risk to translators. This is exciting news because speed matters. “The race really is to get ready for an open Iran,” says Lana Silk, president and CEO at Transform ...
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International (MNN) — Over 4,800 believers died for their faith in 2026, according to Open Doors. More Christians face high levels of persecution this year compared to last, bringing the total to 388 million worldwide. “There are more than 70 countries where persecution is a regu...
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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...
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. 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 ...
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. 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...
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. 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...
