DR Congo: Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak | Situation Report, Issue No. 31 – June 17, 2026
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda .
By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at ReliefWeb · · 2 min read

. Landslides blocked nearly every routes to the affected areas. Some villages were completely unreachable in the first days. This did not stop PMI teams from getting through. They deployed mini excavators to clear paths through the debris. Because internet and electricity were both knocked out (for
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda .
. Situation overview The Ebola outbreak continues to spread in eastern DR Congo, especially in Ituri. On 9 June, the IASC declared a System-Wide Scale-Up for the Control of Infectious Disease Events for an initial period of three months. This activation calls for the scale up of the humanitarian coo
. Since the start of 2026, increased front-line hostilities and longer-range attacks have compounded humanitarian needs across Ukraine. Between January and April 2026, bombardments across the country resulted in the highest civilian tollcompared with the same period since 2023, according to the UN H
. WFP data show that adequate food remained beyond the reach of nearly 60 percent of the population in April, as the humanitarian response is severely hampered by underfunding and constrained access. Data shows that WFP’s new targeted emergency food assistance (TEFA) programme has contributed to a s
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. Since the launch of the operation, the dengue situation in the Cook Islands has improved, with a significant reduction in reported cases. However, vector surveillance and community clean-up activities continue to identify mosquito breeding sites across affected communities, indicating an ongoing r

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Countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan . WFP reached 1.4 million food insecure people with 7,870 MT of food and USD 2.7 million in cash assistance across all activities. WFP to provide assistance to new South Sudan arrivals in Gambella region. Operation delays due to fuel shortages and insecurity disrupte
Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Food assistance delivery: In May 2026, WFP assisted over 860,000 people, delivering 509 MT of food and USD 3.1 million in cash transfers. Ebola preparedness: Burundi remains at high risk of Ebola importation due to outbreaks in neighboring count

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda .9 million CHF supply chain operation. Since the declaration of the outbreak, the IFRC has delivered 23 Safe and Dignified Burial (SDB) kits, which can support over 450 burials, and over 300 body bags, in addition to t
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. KEY HIGHLIGHTS • WFP supported a national nutrition review toalign priorities and accelerate progress inreducing malnutrition in 2026. • Over 1,600 metric tons of rice, pulses, vegetableoil and salt were delivered to 1,204 schoolsacross five districts for school feeding. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Sierr

. Our team is responding to an influx of patients of all ages, including paramedics wounded during rescue missions. People are arriving with severe head injuries, heavy bleeding, shrapnel injuries and in need of amputations, while others are suspected to be trapped under rubble as bombardment contin
Countries: Ukraine, Syrian Arab Republic . For 1.5M returning Ukrainians, home is an active warzone – millions of children at risk, World Vision warns KYIV, Ukraine – 4.2 million returnees are currently living in Ukraine, including 1.55 million people – 37% of all returnees – in frontline areas wher

. Landslides blocked nearly every routes to the affected areas. Some villages were completely unreachable in the first days. This did not stop PMI teams from getting through. They deployed mini excavators to clear paths through the debris. Because internet and electricity were both knocked out (for
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Although the March 2026 Cadre Harmonisé indicated seasonal improvements, food security remains fragile, with persisting underlying vulnerabilities. As a result, 490,588 people faced Crisis-level food insecurity, a figure projected to rise significantly to 836,786 people during
. After arriving in Glan, Sarangani, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on 19 June, AMDA’s joint relief team paid a courtesy visit to the mayor of Glan to investigate the situation on the ground. The region is one of the locations devastated by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that occurred on
. Key Findings The following key findings are drawn from open-source reporting for the period 01–31 May 2026. Min Aung Hlaing's first foreign state visit as President. On 30 May 2026, Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks in India covering th
. Key Highlights: As of Epidemiological Week 24 (report dated 15 June 2026), five new confirmed dengue cases were reported, bringing the cumulative total to 17 cases, exceeding the alert threshold. The outbreak has been officially declared on South Efate Island, Shefa Province, with the majority of
Countries: World, Lebanon . Doha – June 20, 2026 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Qatar Charity (QC) signed two agreements worth QAR 3,079,324 (approximately US$ 844,808) to support more than 15,000 vulnerable displaced people in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa. The agreements were sig
. Nairobi, 20 June 2026 – International non-governmental organisations working in Sudan join recent warnings from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Coalition for Atrocity Prevention and Justice for Sudan regarding the danger facing civilians in El Obeid, North Kordofan. T
Countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand . REGIONAL SUMMARY: During the twenty-fifth week of 2026, a total of 30 disaster events were reported across the ASEAN region, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, storms, and wind-related disasters in Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam. In
. Disclaimer: Figures that are yet-to-be verified by the UN are attributed to their source. Casualty numbers have been provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Israeli authorities. The fatality breakdowns currently cited are those that the MoH in Gaza has fully identified as of 31 December 2
. About the guide Why was this guide created? The mission of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) is to facilitate and support the activities of EU Member States and Schengen associated countries (1 ) in the implementation of the Common European Asylum System. In accordance with its overall a
Countries: Mauritania, Mali . SITUATION OVERVIEW • The Islamic Republic of Mauritania faces significant challenges related to land degradation and desertification, with vast portions of its territory being arid and only 0.4 percent of land classified as arable. Desertification drastically reduces so

On a May evening, Claudette El Hajj organized five buses to bring 150 people displaced by the war in Lebanon to a worship night in a hilltop town overlooking Beirut. Many were Christians who had been forced to flee their homes in southern Lebanon due to heavy fighting between Hezbollah and Israel. B

Seven months before his firstborn daughter Peris’s wedding, Simon Kurgat, the pastor of Newlife Church in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya, discovered she was three months pregnant. Kurgat’s wife noticed Peris throwing up her meals, sleeping throughout the day, and complaining of dizziness—then she confron

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. Summary: - Overall prices rose by +1.1% month-on-month (MoM) and +8.6% year-on-year in April 2026. Food prices accounted for 63.6% of the overall MoM inflation; non-food prices accounted for 36.4%. - Vegetables saw the steepest year-on-year (YoY) price increase (+17.0%). Spices had the largest dec
Countries: World, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Yemen . Attacks on health ca
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. Humanitarian Context Mozambique continues to face a complex humanitarian crisis characterized by the overlapping impacts of climate-related shocks and armed conflict, significantly affecting the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. In 2026, floods in the central and southern provinces
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. Original article on WHO Pakistan website. Around 94% of Pakistan’s population – or approximately 250 million people – now live in areas where the spread of neonatal tetanus is under controlled limits. Peshawar/Islamabad, Pakistan– Following a comprehensive field assessment in partnership with the

. The regional forum, supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme and funded by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), brought together journalists union leaders and media professionals fr
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