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World: Global peacefulness deteriorates for twelfth consecutive year

Institute for Economics and Peace — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:03:11 +0000

Country: World

Source: Institute for Economics and Peace

The 2026 Global Peace Index reveals a world struggling with the economic consequences of a record-high number of conflicts that are increasingly interconnected and difficult to resolve.

Drone strikes cause mass casualties at Chad-Sudan border

Médecins Sans Frontières — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:03:08 +0000

Countries: Chad, Sudan

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières

Since early May, drone strikes around Tina, Sudan, near the Chadian border, have intensified, leading to repeated influxes of wounded patients at Tiné Hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Chad.

Sudan: DR Congo on world's most neglected displacement crises list for tenth consecutive year

Norwegian Refugee Council — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:33:05 +0000

Countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Honduras, Mozambique, Nigeria, Yemen

Source: Norwegian Refugee Council

The 10 most neglected crises for 2025 are Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mozambique.

Mali: More than 24 million people in the Sahel urgently need aid

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:11:36 +0000

Countries: Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Violence in the Central Sahel is spreading beyond its traditional borders and rapidly spilling over into coastal West Africa, rendering the Sahel one of the main epicentres of violence in Africa.

oPt: Dire conditions trap Gaza’s children in an endless cycle of suffering

UN Children's Fund — Fri, 29 May 2026 11:03:06 +0000

Country: occupied Palestinian territory

Source: UN Children's Fund

UNICEF is calling for safe unfettered access to deliver aid operations, the lifting of restrictions on items needed to quickly repair and sustain water and sanitation systems, and for IHL to be upheld.

DR Congo: Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC spreading faster than response

International Rescue Committee — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:03:07 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Source: International Rescue Committee

Aid cuts mean eastern DRC has a weaker health system now than it did before the 2018-20 outbreak that killed more than 2,000 people. IRC calls for urgent funding and coordination to contain epidemic.

oPt: Gaza’s public health crisis deepens as rodent infestations, sewage overflow and soaring heat threaten civilians

International Rescue Committee — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:33:07 +0000

Country: occupied Palestinian territory

Source: International Rescue Committee

"People are telling us they feel stripped of dignity, safety and hope. Women are trying to care for their families in impossible conditions, while sewage overflows and sanitation systems collapse."

World: Strait of Hormuz conflict threatens global food prices as FAO warns time is running out

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:53:40 +0000

Country: World

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The window for preventive action is closing quickly. Decisions taken now on fertilizer use, imports and crop choices will determine whether a severe global food price crisis emerges in 6-12 months.

Bangladesh: UN and partners seek $710.5 million to meet critical needs of Rohingya refugees and host communities

UN High Commissioner for Refugees — Wed, 20 May 2026 08:03:12 +0000

Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Nearly a decade after fleeing targeted violence and persecution in Myanmar, some 1.2 million Rohingya refugees reside in Bangladesh. Needs continue to rise as conflict forces more people to flee.

Funding cuts led to delayed detection of deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, says IRC

International Rescue Committee — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:33:03 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Source: International Rescue Committee

Suspected Ebola cases have risen sharply from 246 to 500 in just 96 hours across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, representing an increase of 103 percent over three days.

The world is on the edge of even greater pandemic damage, warns GPMB

World Bank — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Country: World

Sources: World Bank, World Health Organization

The report emphasizes that the real, near-term risk of another pandemic would strike a world more divided, more indebted and less able to protect its people than it was a decade ago.

DR Congo: IRC launches emergency response as rare Ebola strain with no vaccine spreads across DRC and Uganda

International Rescue Committee — Mon, 18 May 2026 07:33:14 +0000

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Source: International Rescue Committee

At least 88 people have died and 336 suspected cases have been identified in DRC. Preliminary testing indicates a rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are no vaccines or targeted treatments.

Risk of famine persists as nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity in Sudan

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Fri, 15 May 2026 08:33:06 +0000

Country: Sudan

Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children's Fund, World Food Programme

FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn that two out of every five people in Sudan are currently facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), according to the latest IPC analysis.

UN agencies warn of worsening hunger and malnutrition crisis in Somalia as famine risk emerges

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Fri, 15 May 2026 07:49:10 +0000

Country: Somalia

Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children's Fund, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme

A rapidly intensifying hunger emergency is pushing six million people – 31 percent of the population – into critical levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), affecting 1.9 million children.

Drought and displacement affect millions in Somalia and Ethiopia

Médecins Sans Frontières — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:03:04 +0000

Countries: Somalia, Ethiopia

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières

As the needs are increasing, global funding support has collapsed. More than 6.5 million people, approximately one in every four Somalis, now face high levels of acute food insecurity.

DR Congo: Millions trapped in deepening hunger crisis in the DRC as needs far outpace humanitarian response

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:03 +0000

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme

About 26.5 million people are struggling to meet their basic food needs, according to the latest IPC analysis. Of them, more than 3.6 million face critical food shortages threatening their survival.

Renewed fighting in South Sudan's Akobo state is leading to an alarming humanitarian crisis, warns IRC

International Rescue Committee — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:03:30 +0000

Country: South Sudan

Source: International Rescue Committee

Escalating conflict since December 2025 has triggered mass displacement and an alarming surge in needs, pushing communities closer to IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe) malnutrition levels.

WFP scales back food assistance in Syria amid funding shortfalls

World Food Programme — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:03:07 +0000

Country: Syrian Arab Republic

Source: World Food Programme

WFP has reduced its emergency food assistance by 50 percent, from 1.3 million people to 650,000 in May, and halted a nationwide bread subsidy programme that has supported millions daily.

More than four children killed or injured on average a day during ‘ceasefire' in Lebanon

Save the Children — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:51:41 +0000

Country: Lebanon

Source: Save the Children

New data shows 22 children have been killed and 89 injured since the temporary ceasefire on 17 April. This brings the number of children killed to almost 200 since renewed hostilities.

A demolition of homes, of schools, and of childhood in oPt

UN Children's Fund — Tue, 12 May 2026 10:33:06 +0000

Country: occupied Palestinian territory

Source: UN Children's Fund

Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating militarised operations and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, says UNICEF.