Countries: Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic . Situation overview Impact of ongoing airstrikes • Lebanon’s security situation remained highly unstable over the past two weeks, with hostilities concentrated in the south and periodic strikes affecting areas near Beirut. • C
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Countries: Iraq, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye . Regional tensions persist following escalatory military activity in and around the Islamic Republic of Iran since late February 2026. Although a ceasefire announced on 8 April remains formally in place, repeated security in
. Event Overview Between 21 and 24 May 2026, armed bandit attacks occurred in Guga community of Bakori local government area(LGA), as well as in Yantumaki community in Yan-tumaki of Dan Musa LGA in Katsina State. According to key informants, the attack displaced 2,270 individuals from 290 households
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. Between 1 May and 3 June 2026, attacks and further fear of attacks by Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) in Ancuabe District triggered displacement into several villages and displacement sites within the district, as well as onward displacement to Chiure and Montepuez districts. IOM’s Displacement Tra
Countries: Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen . This snapshot presents a high-level overview of internal displacement trends in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) based on IDMC’s GRID 2026 report, which incorporates IOM Dis
Countries: Italy, Egypt, France, Greece . In 2025, 17,451 Egyptian nationals arrived in Europe by sea and by land, a 50 per cent increase compared to the number registered in 2024. Egyptian nationals are registered at arrival across all routes to Europe, but mainly along the Central Mediterranean ro
. South Sudan is currently facing a severe humanitarian crisis characterised by extensive internal displacement. The underlying causes of these displacement dynamics are varied and include communal clashes, land disputes, insecurity, violence, disasters, and cross-border movements. The situation is
. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a grave protection crisis is unfolding in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei State, where months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, triggering one of the most severe conflict-related displace
. 1 . CONTEXTE La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a enregistré à ce jour 17 épidémies de la maladie à virus Ebola (MVE). Depuis 2018 à ce jour, neuf épidémies - de la neuvième à la dix-septième - se sont succédées dans les provinces du Nord-Kivu, du Sud-Kivu, de l’Ituri, de l’Équateur et du K
. 1 . CONTEXT The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has till date recorded 17 outbreaks of the Ebola virus disease (EVD). Since 2018 to date, nine outbreaks – ninth to seventeenth – erupted successively in the North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri, Équateur and Kasaï Provinces. In 2021, the Congolese Gover
. Minutes for the Site Management & SNFI joint meeting held on 11 May 2026
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Dark. Inhospitable. Damp. Shadows full of questions; silence full of sadness. The body shivers. Alone. Enemies close. Friends far. Manacled within midnight at midday. David, miles from the throne, sits in a cave. He retraces his descent. How had it come to this? God promised him so much, delivered s
. Afghanistan Health Cluster HNRP 2026 dashboard presents a national overview of humanitarian health needs using severity classification, population estimates, and geographic mapping across all 401 districts. It identifies 354 high-priority districts (Severity 3 & 4) with 14.4 million people in
. SC/16378 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Leonor Zalabata Torres (Colombia): As the second anniversary of the June 2024 detentions approaches, the members of the Security Council reaffirmed their condemnation in the strongest terms of the detenti
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. This Humanitarian Update is produced by OCHA Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) on behalf of and in collaboration with UN agencies and humanitarian organisations. It covers the period from 1 to 31 May 2026. Highlights A temporary ceasefire announced on 7 April for an ini
. KEY ISSUES • New MoH salary scale and its impact • NEXUS operationalization • Flood emergency update, rising Euphrates River water levels • The escalation of the situation in southwest Syria • Humanitarian Reset and the Health Sector • Establishment of the Health Sector Syria Strategic Advisory Gr
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. HIGHLIGHTS Revised Flash Appeal jointly launched by the United Nations and Government of Lebanon on 5 June, calling for US$ 639.9 million to assist 1.4 million people through August 2026. Hostilities continued with airstrikes and six new displacement orders covering 14 localities across the South
Countries: Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic . Situation overview Impact of ongoing airstrikes • Lebanon’s security situation remained highly unstable over the past two weeks, with hostilities concentrated in the south and periodic strikes affecting areas near Beirut. • C
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Over the past 18 months some of the most violent attacks against persecuted Christians anywhere in the world have taken place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country where more than 100 armed groups—many motivated by Islamist ideals—vie for territory and influence. Dr. David Kasali, found
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Countries: Mexico, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, Guatemala, Haiti, Peru, United States of America . Situation Overview Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 21 of 2026 (ending on 30 May 2026), the Region of the Americas reported 21,431 confirmed measles cases from 17 countries and t
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Press Releases Fact Sheets & Bios Photos B-roll--> DRC Ebola Outbreak Response An Ebola outbreak was identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in late May. As cases of Ebola climb, Samaritan’s Purse is responding in Jesus’ Name. The international Christian relief organization deployed a dis
. The world is facing a climate and environmental emergency, alongside a rollback of women’s and girls’ rights and pushback against gender equality. This strategy sets out UN Women’s integrated approach to advancing feminist climate and environmental justice so that women and girls in all their dive
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