WFP Niger Country Brief, June 2026
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Tchad-Présence opérationnelle des partenaires à l'Est_Mai 2026
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. New York, 17 June 2026 As delivered Well, thank you, Ambassador and Excellencies, colleagues, friends, and partners. For over a year, you have heard me saying that the humanitarian system is overstretched, underfunded and under attack. Today, the challenge that we face collectively goes further. T
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. The feedback from communities this month reveals continued humanitarian crises in Somalia's Lower Juba and Lower Shabelle regions, where displacement, drought, and inflation have created acute needs especially amongst minority communities. Food security (34%) and livelihood assistance (32%) domina
. The Euphrates River flood of May 2026 caused widespread agricultural devastation across the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, affecting farming communities that had been gradually recovering from years of conflict. Based on the latest figures from the Directorate of Agriculture (DoA), nea
. Following the flooding of the Euphrates River and its impact on riverbank communities, Oxfam Food and Economic Security team in the Eastern Hub (Deir ez-Zor) conducted a field assessment on 31 May 2026 to evaluate the functionality and current condition of irrigation systems previously rehabilitat
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. Overview Since the transition of power on 8 December 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic (hereafter referred to as Syria) has experienced substantial humanitarian, political, and demographic shifts that continue to shape the country’s recovery trajectory. Although conditions have enabled return opportu
. Introduction Funded through the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Regional Crisis Support Facility (RCSF)—managed by the Regional Humanitarian Response and Recovery unit in Asia and the Pacific and funded by the Government of Japan— IOM undertook a Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (M
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. Ahmed Yaqoub Othman a été tué alors qu’il prodiguait les premiers secours à des personnes blessées à la suite d’attaques survenues plus tôt. Il était volontaire au sein de la branche du Nord-Kordofan de la Société du Croissant-Rouge soudanais. Il servait sa communauté et soutenait les activités hu
Countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen . New FAO-WFP report warns worsening hunger puts 13 hotspots at significant risk | World Food Programme Sudan, South Sudan,
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. Chanumula has seen some hopeful signs in communities that once resisted safe and dignified burials. Where there was once skepticism, she sees more people approaching volunteers and asking questions about how to protect themselves. “This in the same places where people were blocking volunteers from
Countries: United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi . We launched activities in 2015 after thousands of people arrived from Burundi, and have since provided lifesaving care to both refugees and surrounding host communities. “For more than a decade, we have committed to provide medical and humanitarian s
. 1.BACKGROUND UNHCR made significant strides in advancing gender equality by aligning its organizational priorities with the UN Gender Equality Acceleration Plan (GEAP)1 and UN-SWAP 3.02 . The UN System-wide GEAP recorded notable progress since its launch in 2024 3 , including the introduction of t
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