. Selon l'OCDE, en 2024, les gouvernements avaient mobilisé 32 milliards de dollars de financement public pour l'adaptation, soit environ 90 % de moins que les besoins estimés entre 310 et 365 milliards de dollars pour les pays en développement d'ici 2035. Pour combler cet écart, les pays riches dev
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. The WFP-led Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) was activated as the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) on 31 October 2023 in response to the crisis in Gaza. This Situation Report provides a monthly update on LTC telecoms activities. All references to the LTC in this report rela
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. Activities will be adapted and revised as the situation unfolds and as further communications needs are expressed by the response community. Background • Since the May 2026 Ebola declaration, humanitarian operations are expanding rapidly across Ituri (Bunia, Rwampara, Mongbwalu), which are expecte
. This paper explores the intersection of climate justice and transitional justice through the case study of community-level engagements with climate change in the rural area of Nkhulambe, Malawi. It shows that residents have developed their own climate responses that tackle more fully the manifold
. This paper explores the intersection of climate justice and transitional justice through the case study of community-level climate initiatives in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines. It identifies community-led climate actions that fuse transitional justice ele
. Through the Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and funded by the Government of Japan, participants are gaining not only practical business skills but also the tools needed to turn their ambitions into sustainable
. Led by the World Food Programme (WFP), the Logistics & Telecommunications Sector (LTS) was activated in North-East Nigeria in November 2016 in response to the protection crisis. LTS (telecoms area) Nigeria Situation Reports are issued monthly. All references to ‘LTS’ in this report refer to th
. Overview Connectivity across Ituri is limited, uneven, and unreliable. While urban centres such as Bunia have some 3G/4G coverage, signal rapidly diminishes outside main towns and corridors. Large areas (particularly in surrounding health zones) have weak or no signal, creating significant gaps in
. The WFP-led Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) was activated as the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) on 03 March 2022 in response to the crisis in Ukraine. This Situation Report provides a monthly update on LTC telecoms activities. All references to the LTC in this report rel
Countries: Afghanistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka . The escalation of geopolitical tension in the Middle East since February 28, 2026 has profound implications for global food security. In an early projection released in March, WFP estimated that 45 million people would fall into acute food insecurity shou
Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar . GINEBRA – Este año se cumplen nueve años desde el desplazamiento forzado a gran escala de refugiados rohingya desde Myanmar hacia Bangladesh. Junto a sus socios, ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, hace un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para qu
Two Montagnard Vietnamese Christian men — Pastor Siu Yúi, 68, and church member Siu Dok, 40 — were recently arrested in Gia Lai Central Province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region. Both men were charged with “religious teachings” to mobilize ethnic minority communities in Vietnam’s Central Highla
. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as of 2024, governments mobilized $32 billion in public adaptation finance – around 90 percent short of the $310 billion to $365 billion projected needs for developing countries by 2035. To bridge this gap, rich countri
. Selon l'OCDE, en 2024, les gouvernements avaient mobilisé 32 milliards de dollars de financement public pour l'adaptation, soit environ 90 % de moins que les besoins estimés entre 310 et 365 milliards de dollars pour les pays en développement d'ici 2035. Pour combler cet écart, les pays riches dev
Three leaders of Maizhong Reformed Church — Pastor Zhang Sen, Pastor Chang Shun, and Elder Ma Tao — have been reportedly denied access to God’s Word while in prison in China. The three men were arrested in June 2025 when the church was raided. Communist officials charged them with being part of a cu
Alayan Johnson, a 22-year-old Christian auto-rickshaw driver in Punjab, Pakistan, was shot by police after being mistaken for a suspect. Now, police are reportedly pressuring him to call off an investigation into the shooting. In a video statement from his hospital bed, Johnson recounted the terrify
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. HIGHLIGHTS: • A total of 69 confirmed dengue fever cases since the last report; including 2 new cases. • Age group, gender, and island distribution remain unchanged, with the majority of cases reported among age group 11 – 14years, predominantly male, and highest in Tongatapu Island. • No dengue c
. KEY HIGHLIGHTS – APRIL 2026 Throughout April 2026, Health Cluster partners continued delivering integrated emergency health services across conflict-affected, flood-prone and outbreak-affected areas of South Sudan despite severe operational constraints, insecurity and funding shortages. Humanitari
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda . Key Messages • Historical mobility data1 from the DRC shows that five provinces not currently classified as high-risk - Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Maniema, and Tanganyika as well as Health Zones in the greater Nord and Sud Kivu Pro
With nearly 20 Christians gathered inside for prayer, Buddhists threw stones at Zion Church on May 21 in Southern Sri Lanka. According to local sources, at around 8 p.m., during prayers, a loud noise was suddenly heard on the roof. The congregation soon realized that stones were being deliberately t
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda . FAST FACTS The WHO reports that there are 321 confirmed cases in the DRC and 116 suspected cases, with 48 confirmed deaths and more than 240 suspected deaths. Uganda has confirmed nine cases and one death, and one suspected case. Cas
For decades, non-Muslim communities throughout Malaysia have operated under a quiet, frustrating reality. Due to a chronic shortage of land available for non-Islamic places of worship — referred to administratively as “Rumah Ibadat Selain Islam” or “RISI” — thousands of churches have found their onl
A worship service at the Misi Sejahtera Church (GMS) in the Glugo area of Panggungharjo Village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was interrupted by Islamic extremists on Sunday morning, May 24. About 15 members of the Islamic Jihad Front FJI (Laskar), led by Abdurahman Abu Zaki, also known as Darohman, a
In 2013, my family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles so I could work on a PhD. My wife returned to the (paid) workforce, and I took on the daytime caregiving role for our children, who were two and four. I learned the slow and sometimes frantic rhythms of wrangling preschoolers, fitting my graduate
In seeking a welcome for the runaway slave, Onesimus, Paul banks on his history with Philemon, and risks his own resources, modeling radical Christian love.Watch Now
Alister McGrath remembers life as an atheist back in the late 1960s. He believed only what could be proven to be true. And he judged religious believers for trusting in an irrational fantasy. Looking back, though, he can see an emotional basis for what he thought were purely rational conclusions. He
While our kids were still finishing up their dinner, my husband would often pick up our latest shared book and begin reading to us. Many nights of reading passed by uneventfully, but a few linger in our collective memory—the ones when my husband choked up, grew quiet, and couldn’t go on because he w
Middle East/North Africa (MNN) — Forced displacement is a too-well-known reality across the Middle East and Southeast Asia today. Since February 28, the joint United States-Israel war with Iran and other conflicts have only worsened the situation. The United Nations Refugee Agency reports that betwe
Lebanon (MNN) — Lebanon draws global attention as Israel strikes southern Beirut suburbs, and Iran threatens to end negotiations with the United States. Secretary Marco Rubio attends working-level peace talks with Israel and Lebanon at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2026. (Official S
Iran (MNN) — When borders close to the Gospel, technology steps in. Transform Iran’s app “Cheshme,” meaning “spring of water,” is bringing hope into Iran. Lana Silk says, “if you're feeling lost or struggling in any area, then you have at your fingertips a whole range of materials to encourage you.”
In the orthodox Protestant tradition, 2 Corinthians 5:21 has been a key text to support the doctrine of imputed righteousness. The verse reads, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” According to this doctrine, believers possess
Suspected Fulani gunmen attacked a Christian farming community in central Nigeria’s Plateau state on Sunday evening, killing eight Christians and injuring at least 15 others, according to residents and government officials. The attack occurred in Gwomjang, a predominantly Christian village in Kadunu
The sutures protruding from the deep, still-fresh wound on 32-year-old Mangu’s head are the latest evidence of the persecution faced by Christians in the tribal belt of Bastar in Chhattisgarh, India. Families like Mangu’s are willing to pay a heavy price — social ostracism, physical violence, and ev
A two-day Christian spiritual convention organized at a private hotel in Ratlam town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was disrupted by Hindu nationalist groups on May 27 over allegations of forced conversions. Members of the event’s organizing committee claimed they had notified authorities abo
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