insert_link World UNRWA warns of worsening crisis in Lebanon More than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes across the country, including one reported early Monday morning in a residential area of central Beirut, adding to fears of a full-scale invasion. Here’s the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Lebanon, Dorothy Klaus. Israel meanwhile says a 'limited, localised' ground operation is underway in […] today1 October, 2024
insert_link World Millions displaced in Lebanon Lebanon says a million people may be displaced as Israel continues air strikes. Israel says it has also attacked military targets of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen. Chris Watts works with the charity Future Academy in refugee camps in Lebanon. Militant group Hamas meanwhile says its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, was killed alongside his wife and two children in an Israeli strike in the south of […] today30 September, 2024
insert_link Africa Floods in Nigeria destroy crops for 8.5 million people Floods in Nigeria have devastated crops that could have fed 8.5 million people for six months, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Bloomberg News reports that the floods hit just as the harvest season began, submerging farmland in Africa's most populous country. Farmers, who expected a bumper harvest this year, have seen their groundnuts, vegetables, and rice fields flooded. Moreover, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has […] today26 September, 2024
insert_link Africa South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change? Abandoned homes in South Sudan. rameesha bilal shah / shutterstock By Liz Stephens, University of Reading and Jacob Levi, Charité – Berlin University of Medicine Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of thousands of people there were already forced from their homes by huge floods […] today12 September, 2024
insert_link Africa Sudan peace talks begin without warring sides Fresh peace talks to end Sudan's 16-month conflict have begun, but neither side has yet participated. The BBC reports that the US is leading the negotiations and remains committed to resolving the crisis despite the absence of the warring factions. The conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has resulted in thousands of deaths, displaced around 10 million people, and triggered a severe hunger crisis. today15 August, 2024
insert_link Africa International Organization for Migration Urges Increased Global Support for Sudan’s Displacement Crisis The International Organization for Migration has called on countries to significantly increase their donations to address Sudan's severe displacement crisis. Reuters says, Mohamed Refaat, head of the IOM's Sudan mission, cautioned that the organization has only secured 21% of the required funding. Without additional support, the ongoing conflict, combined with widespread hunger, disease, and floods, could result in the loss of tens of thousands of lives. today14 August, 2024
insert_link Africa Bomb attack in north Nigeria teahouse kills 19 By Aminu Abubakar A bomb exploded in a teahouse in a village in northeast Nigeria, killing 19 people and wounding two dozen more in the second major attack in a few weeks, security sources said on Thursday. The blast in Kawuri village in Borno State on Wednesday evening was one of the deadliest in recent years in northeast Nigeria, where violence from a grinding jihadist conflict […] today1 August, 2024
insert_link Africa Displaced by violent conflict: the world’s most neglected crises are in Africa – six essential reads By Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation The Norwegian Refugee Council recently released a report highlighting the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world in 2023. Nine of the 10 countries are in Africa – the only non-African country on the list is Honduras in central America. Neglect, according to the council, is characterised by a lack of media coverage, inadequate humanitarian funding and insufficient […] today10 June, 2024
insert_link Africa Sudan war may spark world’s largest hunger crisis The war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis unless fighting stops, The World Food Programme has warned. The BBC reports that more than 10 months of fighting between rival forces has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced, and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger. today6 March, 2024
