Strong El Niño conditions and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole are expected to bring increased rainfall to parts of eastern Africa. This may lead to flooding in countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Similar conditions in the past have resulted in severe flooding, causing significant impacts on communities.
Flooding can contaminate drinking water and disrupt access to essential services. Recent flooding in Kenya, during the March-May 2026 long rains, affected 27 counties and claimed 122 lives. Further details on the potential flooding and its effects are available from ReliefWeb.
. Yet, farmers and livestock producers face multiple constraints, including high production costs, limited access to inputs, water scarcity, climate change, and depleted productive assets. Addressing these challenges requires supporting farmers to build on their existing technica...
Since Marcus testified against a major scam syndicate in a Manila courtroom in September 2023, the Burmese national has needed to hide his identity and constantly look over his shoulder, fearful that he would be re-enslaved, tortured, or killed. In May, the Philippine court annou...
On April 9, 1944, a line of cars carrying members of a church choir passed by a guard station and through a break in a fence capped with barbed wire. The choir, along with a church organist and a minister from Trinity Lutheran Church, had agreed to lead a worship service for inma...
This summer, a new South African Netflix drama called The Polygamist resurrected the debate over multiple-partner marriages across the continent, dividing even some Christians. The 22-episode Zulu-language series chronicles the double life of a Johannesburg-based businessman with...
. This increase brings the total number of affected health zones to 61 across six out of 26 provinces of the . As of 7 September 2026, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 6757 confirmed cases, including 3267 deaths, resulting in a crude case fatality ratio (CFR) of ...
Countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of), Afghanistan, Armenia, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye . SITUATION OVERVIEW REGIONAL CONTEXT Since late February 2026, hostilities in Iran and Lebanon have caused significant harm for civilians directly affected, while ...
. New figures from global hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), shows the number of children suffering from acute malnutrition has risen from 122,100 to 154,200 since a previous assessment in June, This means 32,100 additional children now requi...
. Yet, many African countries lack permanent, self-sufficient medical teams that can rapidly deploy to save lives and maintain essential health services. African health ministers are addressing this by adopting the Regional framework on emergency medical teams, 2026–2030, at the ...
. Initially thinking he had another illness, such as malaria or typhoid fever, he treated himself at home for several days. As diarrhoea, vomiting and significant weight loss set in, he finally went to an Ebola Treatment Centre, where he tested positive for Ebola disease. Like ma...
. Intitulé Learning Interrupted: Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School Disruptions in 2025 (Apprentissages à l’arrêt : Aperçu mondial des perturbations scolaires liées au climat en 2025), le rapport, qui analyse les données de 106 pays ou territoires, révèle que les aléas cli...
. SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN CRISES In 2025, Islamic Relief ran 306 emergency projects, reaching 6,198,717 people. From natural disasters to prolonged crises, Islamic Relief supported people at their moment of greatest need. We provided lifesaving foo...
Countries: Kenya, Uganda . "We were not equipped or aware of how to handle it if it reached us, or sure that anything was being done." Kenya has recorded no case of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus. But transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has not stopped,...
