According to a six-year study conducted by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), Islamic Fulani militias are by far the deadliest persecutors of Christians in Nigeria. The network of militias is responsible for four times more civilian deaths than the two promin...
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Countries: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Colombia, Haiti . KEY FIGURES 3.9K people dead after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on 24 June 7.1K people displaced due to violence in Haiti’s Ouest department since 1 July 4M people may require food assistance between Ju...
. This snapshot provides an overview of the private sector humanitarian response to the June 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela. As of 9 July 2026, businesses and private foundations have mobilized *US$ 32.9 million* in support of affected communities and humanitarian partners. This r...
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Hours before giving birth to her first child, a 22-year-old mother became a widow after an Islamic Fulani militia attacked her rural community in Nigeria. The attack, which occurred between June 21 and June 22, claimed 22 lives. On June 21, Longdi ThankGod and her 26-year-old hus...
Countries: Spain, France .
An elderly bishop, who has a pacemaker and is a cancer survivor, was subjected to short-term arbitrary detention on June 29 and 30 in Estelí, Nicaragua. Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara serves as bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Estelí. The bishop retired in 2020 and had not ma...
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. This humanitarian update examines the differentiated impact of the earthquakes in Venezuela on women and girls and identifies the key priorities for integrating the gender dimension into the humanitarian response. The report highlights risks such as gender-based violence, the i...
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. Repeated Violence and Insecurity Continued to Affect the Functioning of Health Services in Cameroon in 2025 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 30 incidentso...
. Brief Summary The calls to Radio Ergo’s independent nationwide audience feedback platform in the week 2-9 July 2026 were dominated in terms of numbers by people from Hirshabelle, South West, and Jubbaland states citing good rainfall and livelihood recovery. The next most popula...
. Key highlights include: Nine new laboratory-confirmed dengue cases were reported during Epidemiological Week (EW) 27, bringing the cumulative total to 38 confirmed cases. Weekly case numbers remain above the outbreak alert threshold of four cases per week, indicating ongoing de...
. Esta actualización humanitaria analiza cómo los terremotos en Venezuela han afectado de manera diferenciada a las mujeres y las niñas, e identifica las principales prioridades para incorporar la dimensión de género en la respuesta. El documento destaca riesgos como la violencia...
. On 6 July (local time), AMDA’s advance team (comprising two physicians from AMDA Peru and a Japanese nurse from the U.S.) conducted medical relief efforts in La Guaira, an area devastated by the recent earthquake in Venezuela. The medical response activities were carried out in...
. Project HOPE is steadily expanding its earthquake response across northern Venezuela, shifting more attention to urgent health needs and the prevention of subsequent public health crises. The team has increased the reach of mobile medical teams; reinforced primary health facili...
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. HIGHLIGHTS Critical humanitarian situation in Am-Dafock following recent clashes Heavy rains cause human and property damage in Ngaoundaye Rafaï: More than 300 displaced and other vulnerable families receive livestock and poultry GENERAL CONTEXT Haut-Mbomou Prefecture – South-E...
Countries: South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe . The violence has reportedly resulted in at least four deaths, numerous injuries and the destruction of homes. MSF teams have been responding to urgent health, protection and dignity needs in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Weste...
. 879 incidents across all 16 governorates, with declining volume concealing a hardening of violence: a reconstituting ISIS, the routinisation of Israeli military administration in the south, and a hazard burden that now kills more people than combat June was a month of consolida...
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . Highlights • The seventeenth Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to evolve, with 1,792 confirmed cases, including 625 deaths and 295 recoveries, reported across 37 health zones ...
. How do you explain a Class III cyclone warning to a child with an intellectual disability? How do you plan an evacuation for a student who is deaf or blind? And how do you preserve dignity in an emergency shelter? These questions shaped a capacity-building exercise hosted by th...
Countries: World, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Yemen . Cela représente près de deux incidents par mois. Ces violences illustrent une tendance alarmante : plus de 17 000 attaques ont été recen...
. 882 incidents and at least 792 confirmed fatalities across 36 states and the FCT, as ISWAP pairs nighttime compound infiltration with daytime supply-route interdiction Nigeria’s security environment intensified through June 2026, driven by a resurgent insurgent campaign in the ...
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Countries: World, Chad, Pakistan, Uganda . The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations System and stands as the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration. The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is IOM’s primary data coll...
. May recorded the highest monthly number of civilian casualties since April 2022, underlining a broader surge in civilian harm since the start of 2026, driven by intensified front-line hostilities and longer-range attacks across Ukraine. Between March and May, at least 730 civil...
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. 1. Community Engagement Guide: Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) for Humanitarian Cash Programming in Ukraine This Community Engagement Guide was developed by the Ukraine Cash Working Group (CWG) to support humanitarian partners in systematicall...
. Context Ethiopia continues to face recurrent public health emergencies driven by the interaction of protracted conflict, climate shocks, population displacement, and weak service coverage. Cholera outbreaks remain a persistent risk, particularly in areas experiencing water scar...
. Increasingly frequent floods, droughts, heatwaves, glacial lake outbursts and other climate-related hazards are putting lives, livelihoods and essential services at risk, particularly for people already living in poverty. Pakistan’s diverse geography, from high mountain ranges ...
. This study analyses the perceptions of populations living in displacement sites in Ituri Province regarding the resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the effects of the outbreak on their living conditions, and the main needs expressed to strengthen prevention and response ef...
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. One year ago today, a group of local and national NGOs came together to establish the MLHCP based on a single conviction: humanitarian action in Mozambique must be led by those closest to the communities it serves. What we set out to build was a movement of like-minded organisa...
. Lost livelihoods, damaged houses, displacement and other non-visible scars continue to leave marks the lives of thousands of Ukrainian families. With the support of the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF), Acted and its partners, the local civil society organizations (CSO) New Dawn...
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. Situation Report No. 16Earthquakes in Venezuela09 July 2026Time: 9:00 pm Highlights Following the 24 June earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 (18:00 local time), authorities report more than 1,100 aftershocks. Official toll: 3,889 people dead and 16,740 injured. A total of 6,4...
What will God weigh on judgment day? John Piper opens Romans 1:28–2:11 to show that our deeds reveal whether we belong to Christ.Watch Now
As this summer started, I slipped into spiritual sleepiness. For the last nine months of the school year, I’d served as editor for my college newspaper, vice president for a club, and a residence life leader, all while working several part-time jobs. In my exhaustion, God sustain...
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Julia Higgins, Christ and His Bride: How Men and Women Tell the Story of the Gospel (B&H Books, 2026) “In the past thirty years or so, conversations about womanhood in the church have been low-key obsessed with wh...
Countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of), Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report assesses the humanitarian impacts and recovery challenges in humanitarian contexts resulting from the conflict between US–Israel and Iran. The analysis is anchored...
Countries: Pakistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of) .
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. • As of 6 July, almost 500,000 individuals remain internally displaced within Lebanon, as many families are unable to return to their home areas due to inaccessibility, destruction or continued insecurity. • Protection monitoring shows a shift from large-scale displacement towa...
Countries: World, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti . Beyond the Breaking Point, a new UN Women report published today on the impact of aid cuts, finds that at least one million women and girls have lost access to critical support since January 2025. The report...
. Since December 2024, over 655,000 Syrian refugees have returned home to Syria1 - most returning spontaneously to their areas of origin in Syria settling in with relatives or in rented properties in Syria. Return intentions amongst Syrian refugees in Lebanon continue to be highl...
. The publication presents new evidence on how sustained reductions in humanitarian funding are affecting women-led and women's rights organizations—and the women and girls who depend on them. Building on UN Women's 2025 assessment of the initial impacts of funding reductions, th...
Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . Since the escalation of hostilities on 2 March 2026, and until 30 June, the Syrian General Authority for Border and Customs (GABC) estimates that 581,409 Syrians crossed from Lebanon into Syria, while the Lebanese General Security (GSO) ...
Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan .
.3 million children and women from malnutrition across Pakistan. Integrated into BISP, the Benazir Nashonuma Programme delivers nutrition and health services to the most vulnerable pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under the age of 2 through a nationwide network of 57...
. Anticipatory action is when humanitarian assistance is triggered before a crisis hits, so communities can protect lives, food security and livelihoods before the worst impacts unfold. WFP triggered the anticipatory action plan in Eastern Equatoria as drought risk intensifies an...
. Jul 2026 “The current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is unfolding in communities already exhausted by years of conflict and repeated displacement. “In DR Congo’s Ituri province – the current epicentre – displaced communities have faced years in shelters designed for temporary stay, ...
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