. Ce lancement intervient dans un contexte où les déplacements liés au climat continuent d'augmenter dans la région. En Afrique subsaharienne à elle seule, 17,3 millions de déplacements internes ont été enregistrés en 2025, dont 2,9 millions dus à des catastrophes. L'Afrique méridionale reste partic
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. Situation Report No. 17Earthquakes in Venezuela10 July 2026Time: 9:00 pm Highlights Following the 24 June earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 (18:00 local time), authorities report more than 1,100 aftershocks. Official toll: 4,118 people dead and 16,740 injured. A total of 6,462 people have been
By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” By the time we encounter the story of Jim Elliot, we are no longer in the world of the Reformation or the early church, but in the modern era, the age marked by unprecedented global access, growing opportunity
. The tenth Situation Report provides an update on IOM’s response to the 24 June earthquakes in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as of 9 July. It also includes the priorities of IOM’s Funding Appeal to scale up urgent assistance. Highlights In La Guaira, IOM and its partners strengthened assista
According to a six-year study conducted by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), Islamic Fulani militias are by far the deadliest persecutors of Christians in Nigeria. The network of militias is responsible for four times more civilian deaths than the two prominent Islamic terror o
Countries: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Colombia, Haiti . KEY FIGURES 3.9K people dead after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on 24 June 7.1K people displaced due to violence in Haiti’s Ouest department since 1 July 4M people may require food assistance between June-January in Colomb
. This snapshot provides an overview of the private sector humanitarian response to the June 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela. As of 9 July 2026, businesses and private foundations have mobilized *US$ 32.9 million* in support of affected communities and humanitarian partners. This response, tracked by
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Hours before giving birth to her first child, a 22-year-old mother became a widow after an Islamic Fulani militia attacked her rural community in Nigeria. The attack, which occurred between June 21 and June 22, claimed 22 lives. On June 21, Longdi ThankGod and her 26-year-old husband headed to a cli
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An elderly bishop, who has a pacemaker and is a cancer survivor, was subjected to short-term arbitrary detention on June 29 and 30 in Estelí, Nicaragua. Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara serves as bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Estelí. The bishop retired in 2020 and had not made recent public app
. This humanitarian update examines the differentiated impact of the earthquakes in Venezuela on women and girls and identifies the key priorities for integrating the gender dimension into the humanitarian response. The report highlights risks such as gender-based violence, the increased burden of u
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. Repeated Violence and Insecurity Continued to Affect the Functioning of Health Services in Cameroon in 2025 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 30 incidentsof violence against o
. Brief Summary The calls to Radio Ergo’s independent nationwide audience feedback platform in the week 2-9 July 2026 were dominated in terms of numbers by people from Hirshabelle, South West, and Jubbaland states citing good rainfall and livelihood recovery. The next most popular topic was livestoc
. Key highlights include: Nine new laboratory-confirmed dengue cases were reported during Epidemiological Week (EW) 27, bringing the cumulative total to 38 confirmed cases. Weekly case numbers remain above the outbreak alert threshold of four cases per week, indicating ongoing dengue virus transmiss
. Esta actualización humanitaria analiza cómo los terremotos en Venezuela han afectado de manera diferenciada a las mujeres y las niñas, e identifica las principales prioridades para incorporar la dimensión de género en la respuesta. El documento destaca riesgos como la violencia basada en género, l
. According to the World Health Organization, as of 4 July, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed more than 1,500 cases of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus (BVD). As of 5 July, Uganda has confirmed 20 cases, with no new cases during the reporting period. Cross-border m
. On 6 July (local time), AMDA’s advance team (comprising two physicians from AMDA Peru and a Japanese nurse from the U.S.) conducted medical relief efforts in La Guaira, an area devastated by the recent earthquake in Venezuela. The medical response activities were carried out in collaboration with
. Project HOPE is steadily expanding its earthquake response across northern Venezuela, shifting more attention to urgent health needs and the prevention of subsequent public health crises. The team has increased the reach of mobile medical teams; reinforced primary health facilities; broadened wate
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. HIGHLIGHTS Critical humanitarian situation in Am-Dafock following recent clashes Heavy rains cause human and property damage in Ngaoundaye Rafaï: More than 300 displaced and other vulnerable families receive livestock and poultry GENERAL CONTEXT Haut-Mbomou Prefecture – South-East More than 1,000
Countries: South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe . The violence has reportedly resulted in at least four deaths, numerous injuries and the destruction of homes. MSF teams have been responding to urgent health, protection and dignity needs in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape, and at the
. 879 incidents across all 16 governorates, with declining volume concealing a hardening of violence: a reconstituting ISIS, the routinisation of Israeli military administration in the south, and a hazard burden that now kills more people than combat June was a month of consolidation rather than esc
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . Highlights • The seventeenth Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to evolve, with 1,792 confirmed cases, including 625 deaths and 295 recoveries, reported across 37 health zones in Ituri, North Kivu
. How do you explain a Class III cyclone warning to a child with an intellectual disability? How do you plan an evacuation for a student who is deaf or blind? And how do you preserve dignity in an emergency shelter? These questions shaped a capacity-building exercise hosted by the Municipal Council
Countries: World, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Yemen . Cela représente près de deux incidents par mois. Ces violences illustrent une tendance alarmante : plus de 17 000 attaques ont été recensées au niveau mondi
. 882 incidents and at least 792 confirmed fatalities across 36 states and the FCT, as ISWAP pairs nighttime compound infiltration with daytime supply-route interdiction Nigeria’s security environment intensified through June 2026, driven by a resurgent insurgent campaign in the North-East, an entre
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