Armed drones are becoming increasingly common in humanitarian settings, posing a growing threat. Their use is expected to continue to rise, making them a defining feature of modern conflicts. As a result, security risk measures must be reevaluated to adapt to this escalating threat.
A practical guide is available to help aid agencies mitigate risks and improve safety and security measures. This guide, offered by Insecurity Insight, provides current best practices and is available in multiple languages. Further details on the impact of armed drones and incidents affecting aid workers can be found in the Aid in Danger Bi-Monthly News Brief, which covers incidents from 19-31 August 2026.
. Direct Relief is preparing a 21-ton shipment to support patient care. Five days have passed since flash floods and debris flows swept through the border region of northern Nepal, and emergency responders are continuing search and rescue efforts, including for several hundred wo...
Countries: World, Libya . Most were Eritrean, and 12 were unaccompanied minors, including one young girl. The rescue took place within the Maltese search and rescue zone, and the survivors were brought to Trapani, Sicily, the designated place of safety by the Italian authorities ...
. This factsheet presents the key findings of the multi-stakeholder assessment (hereinafter Acted’s 2026 Assessment) conducted by Acted in collaboration with key stakeholders from Lebanon’s agricultural sector during the second quarter of 2026. It provides a rapid diagnostic of a...
Countries: World, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Togo . Across West and Central Africa, education is under increasing pressure from two converging crises: conflict and declining funding. Millions of childr...
Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan . WHO WE ARE Across Asia, as of July 2026 some 17.6 million people are forcibly displaced or stateless 1, including more than 11.5 million from Afghanistan and Myanmar — the region’...
“I wish to be Providence myself,” proclaims the titular hero of Alexandre Dumas’s Count of Monte Cristo, “for I feel that the finest, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to recompense and punish.” I’m reading Monte Cristo right now, and that chilling quote has been stuck...
. Project HOPE has established five mobile medical units (MMUs) in Nepal, in coordination with local partners Volunteer Corps Nepal and Partnership for Sustainable Development Nepal. Access to healthcare continues to be strained along the Trishuli River, but Project HOPE’s teams ...
. Residents are unable to leave due to the threat of violence outside the camp and are forced to live in dire and undignified conditions, deprived of the most basic and essential services. “Our houses were set on fire. The day we left, there were gunshots everywhere. People fled ...
. Press release Middle East Lebanon Published 09. Sep 2026 An exchange of attacks between Hezbollah and Israel has triggered the most violent escalation since June, with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health reporting 27 people killed and 69 wounded between 5 and 7 September. “For ...
Fifty Hispanic Pentecostal bishops and denominational leaders, who represent more than 21,000 congregations across the United States and Latin America, gathered in Washington on Tuesday to press the Trump administration to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for a...
