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UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Regional Update August 2026
Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan . Operational Context In Afghanistan, pressure on reception and reintegration services remained high in August, despite lower return numbers than in July. Nearly a year after the nationwide ban on national female UN sta...
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What Should We Do About Diddy?
As a child in the early 2000s, I didn’t know many celebrities apart from the ones made famous by Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. But I did know, as we called him back then, “P. Diddy.” The rapper was stylish and blingy, wealthy and charismatic. He dated the internationally belove...
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Historian Q&A: What Is an Evangelical?
For our member-exclusive webinar in September, CT deputy editor Bonnie Kristian spoke with historian George Marsden. They discussed Marsden’s recent article, “1976 Was a Turning Point for Evangelicalism,” and his perspective on five decades of shifts in US politics and religion f...
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Would Seeing a Miracle Really Convert an Atheist?
Let’s consider that God may have good reasons for revealing himself just as he has. A partially hidden and partially revealed God might actually be the best possible arrangement. To consider this, imagine alternative ways God could reveal himself to us. Suppose God were to do a m...
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1 Corinthians 2:6–10, Part 4: Unimaginable Joy Prepared for Those Who Love God
The mystery of God’s goodness in Christ exceeds everything we can imagine. We need God himself to reveal it to us.Watch Now
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A Sober-Minded Approach to Alcohol
Alcohol is one of God’s most potent gifts. He created it to gladden the heart (Psalm 104:15), to brighten life (Ecclesiastes 10:19), and to heighten celebration on the happiest occasions (John 2:1–11). Perhaps most telling, he designed this substance as an edible metaphor for the...
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WFP Guinea Country Brief, July 2026
. SITUATION OVERVIEW Guinea continues to face persistent food insecurity, poverty and malnutrition, compounded by climate-related shocks. According to the latest Global Analysis of Vulnerability, Food Security and Nutrition (AGVSAN – 2024), 35.8 percent of households (4.8 million...
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Uganda: Workshop report – Emerging Good Practices, Successes and Lessons Learnt in Self Reliance and Resilience – December 2025
Countries: Uganda, World . This is the report of the Workshop on lessons learned and key successes on self reliance and resilience building in refugee and host communities in Uganda. This workshop was organised by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development on 11 Decemb...
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Private Sector Engagement in Agriculture in the Uganda Refugee Response – Summary
Countries: Uganda, World . This summary explores how private sector engagement can strengthen agricultural livelihoods for refugees and host communities in Uganda. It highlights practical collaboration models between businesses and NGOs, key market-based approaches, common challe...
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Graduation into what? The refugee journey into self-reliance. A comparative study from Kyangwali refugee settlement in Uganda
Countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan . This reseach report evaluates how the 100WEEKS model – cash, savings groups, and training over two years – compares with the Uganda Cash Consortium’s (UCC) six months of unconditional cash assistance in supporting...
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Uganda: Private Sector Engagement Case Study GRAMEEN and UGAFODE: Digitising savings groups and offering tailored financial service products Nakivale, Isingiro
. Grameen Foundation and UGAFODE partnered on the USAID-funded Uthabiti Activity to boost financial inclusion and resilience in Uganda’s Isingiro District. By tapping into UGAFODE’s expertise as a licensed Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institution and Grameen’s track record inempow...
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Mozambique: Documento de Advocacia — Cadeia de Abastecimento de Produtos Médicos em Moçambique - Setembro de 2026
. Este documento analisa a situação atual da cadeia de abastecimento de produtos médicos de Moçambique, com contributos dos parceiros do Cluster de Saúde, e identifica onde a continuidade do investimento poderá melhor proteger os doentes. As organizações parceiras que trabalham d...
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Hungary: Socio-Economic Insights Survey 2025 - Final Report (September 2026)
Countries: Hungary, Ukraine . INTRODUCTION As of December 2025, almost 6 million refugees had fled Ukraine since the conflict escalated in February 2022, out of which close to 5.4 million were hosted in countries across Europe and around 65,000 were recorded in Hungary. 1 Althoug...
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Myanmar Situation Analysis: [7/9/2026] - [13/9/2026]
. Executive Summary Myanmar faces a protracted humanitarian emergency characterized by widespread displacement, ongoing armed conflict, severe economic deterioration, and compounding natural disasters. The crisis demands sustained international attention and coordinated humanitar...
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Uganda: Private Sector Engagement Case Study – GRAMEEN and Rural Financial Initiative (RUFI) Partnership: Advancing financial inclusion among refugee and host communities in Palabek
. The collaboration between Grameen Foundation and the Rural Finance Initiative (RUFI) in Palabek, supported by the USAID-funded Uthabiti Activity, was dedicated to advancing financial inclusion among refugee and host community members. This partnership focused on increasing acce...
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World: Rapport Annuel du Directeur du Bureau Sanitaire Panaméricain. (Document officiel;377)
. Préface 1. Le présent rapport annuel du Directeur présente les progrès accomplis par l’Organisation panaméricaine de la Santé (OPS) et ses États Membres de juillet 2025 à juin 2026, une période marquée par des contraintes financières de même que des besoins de santé publique, d...
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UNHCR Iraq Update August 2026
Countries: Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic . CONTEXT As of the end of August 2026, Iraq generously hosts over 343,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, the majority (88%) of whom are Syrians. Close to 80% of this population resides in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. While most refugees and a...
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WFP Sudan Country Brief, September 2026
. 4.1 million people assisted in August 2026 18,200 mt food distributed in August 2026 USD 7.7 million cash transferred in August 2026 USD 591 million required in the next six months (September 2026-February 2027) KEY HIGHLIGHTS In August, WFP reached a record 4.1 million people ...
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Bolivia: UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Region Humanitarian Situation Report No.1 (El Niño Multi-Country Preparedness and Response), 11 June - 18 September 2026
Countries: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . Highlights On 11 June 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared El Niño conditions,...
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Afghanistan: EMR Polio Bulletin - Issue No. 1460, Week 38 (ending on 27/09/2026)
Countries: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen .
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‘No one is spared’: War crimes committed by the Malian army and foreign allied forces along the Mauritanian border
. Mali: Damning evidence of war crimes by state armed forces and Wagner Group personnel – new report Killings of civilians during military joint operations Civilians tortured to death in detention, others subjected to simulated drowning, beatings and electric shocks Fulani, Arabs...
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WFP Somalia Country Brief September 2026
. 671,000 people assisted in August (55% female) 668 mt food distributed in August USD 4.6 million cash transferred in August USD 196 million required in the next six months (October 2026 – March 2027) KEY HIGHLIGHTS One-third of Somalia’s population (5.4 million people) is acute...
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Ukraine: Norway steps up efforts for deported Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war
Countries: Ukraine, Norway . Norway is also co-hosting a conference in Toronto to raise international awareness of their situation. Many Ukrainian children are currently in Russia after being unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred there. In addition, an unknown number of Ukr...
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Conclusion of the Activities of the Japan Disaster Relief Self-Defense Forces Unit in Response to the Damage Caused by Forest and Land Fires in the Republic of Indonesia
Countries: Indonesia, Japan . The Government of Indonesia expressed its appreciation for the activities by the JDR Self-Defense Forces Unit. The Government of Japan will continue working closely with the Government of Indonesia to advance cooperation in the fields of disaster res...
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Before Your Church Plants, Ask How
Days before our first baby arrived, I had one job left on my list: assemble the crib. I knew I needed to. I knew why. But when I opened the box to find 40 wooden dowels, a tiny Allen wrench, and an instruction manual with more stick figures than words, I had one problem: I didn’t...
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Pakistan Education Sector: Anticipatory Action Approach | Riverine Flooding (2024 - 2025)
. Introduction In May 2024, Pakistan was selected by Education Cannot Wait to pilot Anticipatory Action for riverine flooding in the Education Sector. The pilot will take place in seven identified districts in Sindh (four districts) and Punjab (three districts). These districts w...
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Thailand: THA: Flood - 09-2026 - Heavy rainfall caused flooding (2026-09-29)
. [...] Sources for data marked as Other 1)Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitiagaion (DDPM) 1784 : กรมป้องกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัย กระทรวงมหาดไทย 2).Thai Red Cross Society สำนักงานบรรเทาทุกข์และประชานามัยพิทักษ์ https://www.facebook.com/buntaotook Description Thailand has exp...
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World: Protection Eroded: The Human Cost of Underfunding (2026)
. UNHCR sounds the alarm as 8.3 million risk losing their lifeline GENEVA – Continued severe funding cuts are pushing refugee support and protection structures towards breaking point in the world’s main displacement situations, forcing UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to scale back ...
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oPt: Humanitarian Situation Report | 25 September 2026
. Highlights Demolitions displaced 147 Palestinians across the West Bank in one week, more than three times the 2026 weekly average, including 58 people in South ‘Anata Bedouins, near the area designated for the E1 settlement expansion plan. Israeli forces’ operations and movemen...
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People and healthcare must be protected amid escalating violence in Baidoa, Somalia
. MSF urgently calls on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians, patients, healthcare workers and medical facilities, and to ensure that people in need of medical care can reach hospitals safely and without obstruction. On the morning of Monday, 28 September, fighting er...
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Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia as MSF teams scale up medical response to increase in war-wounded
. The conflict resumes following a period of increased tensions, large-scale fighting, and drone strikes, which has shattered a fragile 2022 peace agreement. Since 22 September, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have increased activities to respond to the increase in the ...
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Libya — Migrant Report 63 (May – June 2026)
Countries: Libya, World . During the May–June 2026 reporting period (Round 63), the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) identified 950,004 migrants across 100 municipalities and 641 communities in Libya, representing a slight increa...
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Libya — Migrant Report Key Findings 63 (May – June 2026)
Countries: Libya, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan .
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DR Congo: In Ituri, MONUSCO protects thousands of civilians fleeing armed violence
. The violence broke out on the evening of Sunday, September 27, in the localities of Nyampala and Rhoo, involving, among others, elements of the CODECO armed group and the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CRP). The rapidly deteriorating security situation triggered an exod...
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NDMA Pakistan - Monsoon 2026 Daily Situation Report No. 95 (28 September 2026)
. NDMA Monsoon 2026 Daily Situation Report No 95, covering period from 1300 hours 27 September to 1300 hours 28 September 2026 along with following data as per Annexures as shown against each is enclosed:-...
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World: Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System Weekly Bulletin / Système de Surveillance Syndromic dans le Pacifique - Bulletin Hebdomadaire: W38 2026 (Sep 14-Sep 20) [EN/FR]
Countries: World, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (France), Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Caledonia (France), New Zealand, Niue (New Zealand), Northern Mariana Islands (The United States of America), Palau, Papua New ...
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Nepal: When disaster hits, Transport decides how fast a country recovers
. Across Asia and the Pacific, Governments already know which measures can keep transport working when hazards strike. The priority is to put them into daily decisions, update design standards for today's climate, build alternative routes and contingencies into networks, improve ...
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Conflict Escalation in Yemen - Situation Report #5 (Reporting period: 19–26 September 2026 | Issued: 27 September 2026)
. 4,481 Cumulative casualties since 6 Aug (HEOC, 26 Sep) 838 Cumulative deaths 18.7% of casualties 809 New casualties this period 19–26 Sep: 645 injured, 164 deaths 180,513 People displaced 27,413 families, 10 governorates (Exec. Unit, 23 Sep) 20+ Mobile medical teams deployed in...
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Remarks Delivered at the UN General Assembly High-Level Week Side-Event, When Atrocities Persist: International Responsibility and the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
. And little has changed in multilateral discussions about how to ensure that protection. We meet today amid a ceasefire in Gaza defined by near-daily Israeli attacks and a drastically deteriorating situation in the Occupied West Bank, where settlement expansion and state-backed ...
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New Legislation Threatens Independent Documentation of Persecution in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Senate is advancing legislation that could significantly expand government oversight of organizations receiving foreign funding, raising concerns that the measure could affect the ability of churches, humanitarian organizations, human rights groups, and independent rese...
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Churches Restrict Entry of Non-Christians in Persecution-Hit Region
In an unprecedented development last week, more than 40 churches in the Dhamtari district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, India, declared that worship is restricted to Christians only, raising eyebrows among Christians and non-Christians across the country. The churc...
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World: OD377 - Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (Official Document 377) [EN/PT]
. Report highlights disease elimination milestones, progress in immunization and maternal health, and expanded access to medicines, while warning of the loss of the Region’s measles-free status and other health threats Washington, D.C., September 28, 2026 (PAHO) – The Director of...
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oPt: Report of the Secretary-General on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) delivered by Ramiz Alakbarov, Acting Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (28 September 2026)
. New York, UN Mister President, Excellencies, Today’s briefing is devoted to the thirty-ninth report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). It covers the period from 13 June to 18 September. Security Council resolution 2334 (20...
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WFP Benin Country Brief, September 2026
. 12,725 people assisted in August 2026 (53% female) USD 220,280 cash transferred in August 2026 USD 13.9 M required in the next six months (September 2026 – February 2027) 201,226 people in IPC 3-5 projected for July-September 2026 (November 2025 CH) KEY HIGHLIGHTS • Following a...