Do people know what it means to be Protestant? It’s a question that has long flummoxed researchers who study American religion through surveys. In a poll conducted between 2019 and 2021, 25-year-old respondents were about three times more likely to identify their faith tradition as “just Christian”
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Countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia . Breastfeeding is foundational for both child survival and maternal health. It is the first food system and a child’s first vaccine, offering unparalleled nutrition and immune protection. Importantly, breastfeeding is also climate-smart — a renewable, zero-waste,
Countries: World, Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine . En 2025, 5,4 millions de personnes ont échappé à la violence et aux persécutions en fuyant vers d’autres pays. Mais le rapport indique également que les retours s’accélèrent : 14,7
. Dozens of schools and health centres have been damaged, with walls and ceilings collapsing, disrupting learning for thousands of children. In total almost 150,000 people are affected by the earthquake and more than 40,000 have been evacuated from their homes. “The impact goes beyond physical damag
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. OVERVIEW Between January–April 2026, humanitarian access in frontline oblasts remained challenging following shifts in the frontline. After frontline movement led to increased shelling, particularly in the east, raions in these areas have seen humanitarian access deteriorate. Access breakdown and
Last month the state of Arkansas, at the direction of Republican governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, launched a new prenatal and pregnancy health program through a network of Arkansas Health Units. In an effort to improve prenatal health and reduce infant and maternal mortality, the state is now offeri
Do people know what it means to be Protestant? It’s a question that has long flummoxed researchers who study American religion through surveys. In a poll conducted between 2019 and 2021, 25-year-old respondents were about three times more likely to identify their faith tradition as “just Christian”
Should pastors expose every fresh cultural outrage from the pulpit? Pastor John encourages pastors to condemn sin without being consumed.Listen Now
. HIGHLIGHTS Insecurity leads to an increase in basic commodity prices in Zemio 850 returnees receive multisectoral assistance in Ouham-Pendé Bria: Humanitarian actors assess urgent needs of CAR returnees from Sudan GENERAL CONTEXT Haut-Mbomou Prefecture – South-East For over a year, the deteriorati
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. The workshop marked the first official gathering since the launch of the Consortium for Alexandria, which aims to support the city’s transition into a more resilient coastal city and strengthen its role as a regional leader in disaster risk reduction and urban resilience. As one of Egypt’s most st
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Countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of), Afghanistan . Context On 20 March 2025, headcount slips for an estimated 2 million Afghans in Iran expired, after which the Government introduced a regularization and return scheme, requiring slip holders to undergo assessments to determine whether they can rem
Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan . Context Large-scale returns of Afghans from Pakistan continue to add pressure on Afghanistan’s already fragile humanitarian and protection environment. Nearly two years since the initial announcement of the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan, the impact of these
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . Overview of the outbreak • A new Ebola virus disease outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 15 May and as of 2 June, WHO has reported 344 confirmed cases, six recoveries and 60 deaths, including two internally disp
Countries: World, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo . This Regional Trends Summary of forced displacement in West and Central Africa presents forced displacement statist
. Lebanon continues to face overlapping crises that have significantly deepened the vulnerability of its population following the recent escalation of Israeli war on Lebanon starting March 2026. The crisis in Lebanon is rapidly escalating amid increasing regional conflict, causing a severe and worse
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. The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) at the Ministry of Public Health continues to lead and coordinate the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Coordination Group, co-chaired by WHO and UNICEF, with 100+ partner actors integrating MHPSS across sectors in Lebanon's emergency respon
. The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) at the Ministry of Public Health continues to lead and coordinate the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Coordination Group, co-chaired by WHO and UNICEF, with 100+ partner actors integrating MHPSS across sectors in Lebanon's emergency respon
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. Key Highlights The cost of living in April 2026, as measured by the Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB), remained stable at Old SYP 2.66 million compared to the previous month. Despite being 22 percent higher than its value in April 2025. The Syrian pound depreciated in the parallel market, with the
. Key Highlights The cost of living in April 2026, as measured by the Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB), remained stable at Old SYP 2.66 million compared to the previous month. Despite being 22 percent higher than its value in April 2025. The Syrian pound depreciated in the parallel market, with the
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. For children in the Syrian Arab Republic and other fragile situations, play can transport them to another world. It is a shield against uncertainty and stress in the face of constant hardships. It provides children with a safe way to process the world around them and regain a sense of balance, age
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Countries: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, United States of America . Regional Overview During the second half of 2025, refugee and migrant movements across Latin America and the Caribbean were increasingly shaped
Countries: Colombia, Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Curaçao (The Netherlands), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . These figures represent the
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. The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy, the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) officially launched EU4Commerce, an €8.5 million strategic project designed to modernize trade infrastructure and improve the movement of goods. The initiative focuses
. The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy, the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) officially launched EU4Commerce, an €8.5 million strategic project designed to modernize trade infrastructure and improve the movement of goods. The initiative focuses
. في عام 2025، اضطر 5.4 مليون شخص للفرار من العنف والاضطهاد واللجوء إلى بلدان أخرى. لكن التقرير يظهر أن وتيرة العودة تتسارع أيضاً، إذ عاد 14.7 مليون نازح قسراً إلى مناطقهم أو بلدانهم الأصلية في عام 2025 (منهم 4.4 مليون لاجئ و10.3 مليون نازح داخلياً)، مع زيادة حادة في أفغانستان والسودان وسوريا. وكانت
A young Christian continues to share her faith despite peer pressure. When she was 12, a Kazakh girl named Adiya organized a Christmas party to share the gospel with her Muslim classmates. Her invitations stating “A big star will be there!” caused some children to wonder if they would me
A pastor’s distribution of Bibles is encouraging displaced Christians. In northern Togo, radical Muslims have attacked villages and churches and killed Christians, displacing thousands. Kodjo, a local pastor, said his church is currently serving 200 of those displaced Christians. He often hear
Front-line workers report that a family in Bangladesh is struggling physically and emotionally after continual assaults. Luck, a faithful Christian evangelist, was confronted and warned to stop her gospel work. In 2025, a radical Muslim mob attacked her home, beat Luck and her husband, and burned 15
. KEY MESSAGES • WFP continues to work with the Government in strengthening national and subnational systems for disaster risk management, social protection, and food systems – enabling faster and more scalable government-led responses for affected communities. • Through technical assistance, policy
. This situation report provides updates on the Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It outlines the planned telecommunications activities of the Logistics & Telecommunications Cluster1 (LTC) to support the ongoing humanitarian response. Summar
Countries: World, Afghanistan, Chad, Colombia, Germany, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . GINEBRA – Barham Salih, Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Refugiados, presentó hoy el informe anual Tendencias G
Countries: World, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo . The 117.8 million people now violently displaced around the globe would constitute the world’s thirteenth largest country by population. Larger than Egypt, Germany, or the UK. A human toll of vast proportions, and a collective failure
On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Joseph Sherrard—associate pastor of discipleship at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church and author of The Augustinian Pastor: Deep Wisdom for Modern Ministry—about what’s on his
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