Dec 13, 2023 · The magnitude of the crisis has strained services, creating high levels of food insecurity and fueling the spread of disease. Meanwhile, shortfalls in humanitarian funding and rampant insecurity have limited the ability of humanitarians to reach communities in need.

Dec 11, 2024 · Find out what is driving the most pressing humanitarian crises around the world. Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist pinpoints the countries most likely to face escalating humanitarian crises.

Jan 23, 2025 · For more than 12 years, a devastating humanitarian crisis has raged in the Central African Republic. Armed conflicts have led to one in five people being displaced from their homes.Add to this mass food insecurity, with more than 2.5 million people struggling to find enough to eat.. Conflict, displacement, and other issues have only made things worse for women and girls in a region where they ...

Jan 8, 2024 · As 2024 begins, tens of millions of affected people in the settings below are already in extreme hunger or extreme danger, while access restraints or funding limitations mean many can’t be reached by an international emergency response system that is overwhelmed and more intently focused elsewhere.

Jan 1, 2024 · Can we stop things falling apart? 2024 begins with wars burning in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine and peacemaking in crisis. Worldwide, diplomatic efforts to end fighting are failing. More leaders are pursuing their ends militarily. More believe they can get away with it.

Sep 3, 2024 · CrisisWatch is our global conflict tracker, an early warning tool designed to help prevent deadly violence. It keeps decision-makers up-to-date with developments in over 70 conflicts and crises every month, identifying trends and alerting them to risks of escalation and opportunities to advance peace.

Over the past 12 months the international community has focused on the rising number of people at risk around the world due to multiple converging emergences: from health crises and natural hazards to conflicts like those in Ukraine and Gaza.

2 days ago · The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners on the ground reporting chaos in the streets of the regional capital Goma amid rising death and displacement as the M23 armed group takes over towns and villages. App users can follow our live coverage as it happened, here.

May 20, 2024 · If you’ve been watching the news, you already know — the world is currently facing an urgent humanitarian crisis. An estimated 120 million people have been forced to flee their homes, driven by three interconnected realities: violent conflict, climate change and extreme poverty. Almost half of these are children.

Jan 8, 2024 · In 2024, the problem will get much worse. The presidential election will deepen the country’s political division, testing American democracy to a degree the nation hasn’t experienced in 150 years...