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 compared to the same p
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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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Marriages with one or both spouses employed in ministry face unique pressures, challenges, and opportunities. Over the years, we change, our ministries change, and the pressures on us change. How can we navigate these changes in a way that draws us closer to each other instead of...
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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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My coffee had gone cold as the church planter mourned that his church felt stagnant. Worse than not growing—a thick malaise had settled over the congregation. The first three years were exciting; the community was intrigued by a new church plant, genuinely curious about what it w...
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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 ...
