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. NDMA Monsoon 2026 Daily Situation Report No 62, covering period from 1300 hours 25 August to 1300 hours 26 August 2026 alongwith following data as per Annexures as shown against each is enclosed....
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Countries: Colombia, Canada . With hundreds of thousands of people affected, humanitarian efforts must be scaled up to ensure that life-saving assistance reaches those who need it the most. Today, the Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), annou...
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. At least 47 people were killed and 22 injured, according to the United Nations, while dozens of people were reportedly abducted. Those attacked reportedly included people displaced by violence who had sought refuge in a church. “Sadly, we are once again witnessing another massa...
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. Madam President Members of the Security Council, I am briefing you today as tensions are rising and uncertainty deepens in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. As talks continue on the implementation of resolution 2803 (2025) and the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, ...
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. Overview In July, the Logistics Cluster continued to support humanitarian partners through the provision of common logistics services, convoy facilitation, and coordination activities across its four operational hubs in Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar, and Mekelle. The Cluster tr...
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. Highlights ThefollowingsectionprovidesanoverviewofthemonthlyandannualpercentagechangesinthepricesofselectedcommoditiesandtheWFPLocalFoodBasket(LFB): WFP Local Food Basket: SDG 3,380 / 1 unit (⬆️ 22 % MoM, ⬆️ 76 % YoY) Sorghum: SDG 2,071 /kg (⬆️ 23 % MoM, ⬆️ 64 % YoY) Wheat Flou...
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. Análisis de riesgos Segun datos del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y recursos Naturales , se prevvee sequia meteorologica e hidrologica a nivel nacional, enfatizando afectaciones en el area de corredor seco conformado ppor los departamentos de La Union, Usulutan, San Miguel y Mor...
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. ADEN, 27 August 2026 – Nearly two-thirds of children surveyed across four districts in southern Yemen are out of school following more than a decade of conflict and displacement, Save the Children said as the new school year begins. The survey of 2,214 households, conducted acr...
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Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, United States of America, Uruguay . Avian influenza A(H5) is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects poultry and wild birds, with the ability to sporadically infect mammalian species, i...
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. Global Overview: El Niño is strengthening. Abnormal heat continues to threaten many parts of northern and eastern Africa, Central Asia, Hispaniola, Central America, and northern South America. Dryness is worsening in Central America, Hispaniola and Venezuela. Africa Weather Haz...
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Countries: Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,...
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,...
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. Now, improved vaccine storage at a community health facility is bringing lifesaving immunizations closer to home, strengthening local healthcare, and helping communities respond when outbreaks occur. For years, every time one of her children needed a vaccination, Fatima faced a...
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. Of the three districts currently impacted, Oxfam has an ongoing operational footprint in Dhading and an established mandate to work in Nuwakot and Rasuwa. Oxfam is in contact with partners and other humanitarian organisations to support the emerging needs assessment and underst...
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. The funding, provided through the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF), will help the Nepal Red Cross respond to urgent needs while teams assess the scale of the destruction and identify communities requiring assistance. A glacial lake outburst flood originating from ...
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This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Sometimes, when telling someone how to get to my house, I will say, “I’m just down the road from Dolly Parton.” For almost everybody in Nashville, that is almost a better locator than a pin on a GPS map. And ...
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. CARE Nepal’s Country Director, Mona Sherpa, says: “On 26 August 2026, a sudden flash flood swept down the Bhote Koshi River from the Tibetan side into Rasuwa district, sweeping through Timure and Syabrubesi before moving downstream into the Trishuli River and triggering high al...
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. The distribution began on 24 August and is planned for 60 days, with the target of delivering up to 900,000 litres of clean water to evacuation centres. It is expected to meet the basic water needs of around 1,000 people a day. Alongside the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), and with...
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Countries: Ukraine, Russian Federation . Russia refuses Ukraine’s proposal for a ceasefire in the Black Sea amid a surge in food prices. 1,933 conflict events 2% decrease compared to last week 227 incidents of violence targeting civilians 7% decrease compared to last week At leas...
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. HIGHLIGHTS Insecurity is jeopardizing the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Vakaga Prefecture. CERF has allocated US$3 million to support Ebola prevention efforts. More than 800 households receive food assistance in Ouham-Fafa Prefecture GENERAL CONTEXT Vakaga Prefecture -...
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. Rising internal displacement, driven by the combined pressures of armed conflict and climate change, is reshaping community dynamics in vulnerable regions. Climate-related hazards – from sudden events like floods and cyclones to slow-onset processes such as drought and desertif...
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. A sudden, major flood originating from the Tibet side on the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa district has caused catastrophic damage across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and Chitwan districts, with floodwater travelling via the Trishuli River as far as Mugling before beginning to recede...
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Countries: Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda . The report, El Niño Through a Displacement Lens: Mobility Outlook in East Africa, outlines three scenarios – ranging from the least to the most severe – and potential displacements in Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda, caused...
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. Safety, dignity, and the possibility of a future cannot be postponed until conditions for return exist. On 25 August 2026, Rohingya refugees will enter their tenth year of displacement following the mass exodus in 2017. For nine years, Bangladesh, humanitarian organisations, an...
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. Key Findings: During April–June 2026, protection monitoring indicates that the protection environment across the monitored areas continued to deteriorate as intensified hostilities, expanding First Person View (FPV) drone attacks and prolonged displacement compounded existing v...
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Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar .2 million Rohingya refugees remain in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, facing a triple crisis of shrinking aid, no safe path home, and a generation growing up with little hope for the future. As the Rohingya displacement crisis enters its tenth yea...
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Countries: Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania . Since 2018, the WFP-led initiative has worked with national governments, local communities and partners to improve livelihoods and food production for more than four million people, while rehabilitating more than 335,000 he...
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. Overview : A major flash flood originating from the Tibetan side of the Nepal - China border entered Nepal through the Bhote Koshi River at approximately 9:00 AM on 26 August 2026, causing extensive damage in Rasuwa and Nuwakot District s and prompting emergency response measur...
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. 1,408 people were killed and 656 injured: 55% by gangs, 5% by self-defense groups and members of the population, and 40% during security forces’ operations against gangs. Expansion of gang attacks in the Artibonite department and incursions by the Village de Dieu gang into the ...
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. REACH Phase II expands the partnership’s focus to address both severe food insecurity and rising acute malnutrition, building on the achievements of REACH Phase I, which enabled WFP to provide cash-based food assistance to nearly 95,000 people in 2025. WFP monitoring showed imp...
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. Key findings - Gaza Strip The start of the month of August brought no major changes in the prices of main food commodities in the Gazan markets, with some slight increases in the prices of key vegetables like (tomatoes, potatoes, onions) due to the increased demand and not enou...
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. Every outbreak begins with a signal, an unexpected health event that can quickly escalate into a public health emergency if it is not detected and investigated in time. Across Yemen, surveillance officers are often the first to identify these warning signs. Working in districts...
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. The launch event brought together representatives from the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Member States, health partners and the World Health Organization (WHO). “The Master Health Facility List is a major milestone for Somalia’s health sector, providing trusted data to st...
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Countries: Türkiye, Syrian Arab Republic .
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Countries: Türkiye, Syrian Arab Republic . Highlights In 2026, through partnership agreements with UNHCR, six NGO partners in Türkiye delivered wide-range of protection assistance for refugees and asylum-seekers. Throughout the year, with UNHCR’s financial and technical support, ...
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.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The conflict has recently escalated between Houthi forces on one side and Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni governments on the other. This escalation is aggravated by the regional conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran, which has...
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. Some 60 percent of the 1.66 billion hectares of land degraded by unsustainable land use and management are agricultural land, including cropland and pastureland. Reversing just 10 percent of that degradation could feed an additional 154 million people each year, according to FA...
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. While these cultural gatherings are an important part of community life, they also presented a challenge for health workers determined to ensure every eligible child received the polio vaccine. For Yohane Botha, an initiation leader from Ntsapa in Group Village Bendana, the sol...
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. Adopted by Ministers of Health during the Seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, the Agenda marks a decisive shift from simply training more health workers to strengthening health labour markets through better planning, education, employment and retenti...
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. The incidence of child labour in cocoa supply chain represents a systemic challenge. In rural areas, child labour is linked to a range of interconnected factors, including poverty, economic vulnerability, limited access to education and essential services, low awareness of chil...
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. Minimum Standards for GCTs GCTs are a mode of assistance that seek to transfer power to crisis-affected populations, by providing unrestricted cash transfers to community groups to implement initiatives that enable them to increase community capacity to respond to or prepare fo...
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Growing up, August was a month for lamentation. It signaled the rapid approach of the school year and the end to summer’s leisurely days of wonder and adventure. The start of school, C.S. Lewis once quipped, teaches one to live by faith, “for at the beginning of each term, home a...
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How does grace answer Adam’s curse? John Piper shows from Romans 5:12–21 how Christ’s obedience gives life.Watch Now
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In 1887, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World published one of my favorite series in the history of journalism. It sported these headlines: “Inside the Madhouse.” “Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors. The Trying Ordeal of the New York World's Girl Correspondent.” The ...
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The writer of Proverbs tells us “faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful” (27:6, KJV). What a friend evangelicals have in Charlie Dates. Dates, the senior pastor of Salem and Progressive Baptist Churches in Chicago, is among the most gifted p...
