A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, reportedly causing casualties and damage to buildings, roads and bridges. Save the Children is concerned about the impact on children.
Some 80 per cent of nearly a quarter of a million Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children. Nearly 400,000 were forced from their homes since the beginning of the year.
There is an urgent need for sustainable solutions to ensure that people in the Kobane/Ain Al-Arab district in northeast Syria can have long-term protection against vaccine-preventable diseases
In just the past two weeks, humanitarian partners in the Kongolo and Mbulula health zones, have recorded 243 incidents of rape, 48 of which involved minors. This is an average of 17 reported attacks each day.
Flames have killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of families to leave their homes. Hundreds have lost their houses, farms and livelihoods. Thousands of hectares of land have been burned down.
Since 2016, aid agencies have been raising the alarm over the deadly impact of the Sana'a airport closure. At least 32,000 people may have died prematurely as a result.
The Malagasy government has denied visas to MSF staff due to COVID-19, preventing the provision of aid amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation spurred by sandstorms, a drought and the pandemic.
An estimated 72,000 children have arrived in Kabul in recent days after fleeing their homes as violence surges, with many living on the streets, in tarpaulin tents, and going hungry.
Witnesses told HRW that Islamist fighters entered their villages on motorcycles, killing men and boys, and burning houses and granaries. Among those killed were chiefs, imams and numerous children.
“Climate-related disasters, conflict and COVID-19 have coalesced into a major humanitarian crisis for millions of people. We can’t keep talking about this, we must reduce suffering now,” said IFRC.