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1 year on: 700,000 Rohingyas live in Cox’s Bazar with a population density 1.5 times that of Manilla
This August marks the one year anniversary of the start of the Rakhine crisis which...
Lebanon relaxes law to allow 50,000 Syrian children’s births to be registered
Lebanon has relaxed its law on registering new-born children to remove a complex and...
15% of all new funding for Rohingya crisis should go to women and girls, says Oxfam
Oxfam has found that Rohingya women living in refugee camps in Bangladesh miss out...
324 killed and 10,000 stranded by Kerala flooding
Flooding in the Indian state of Kerala has killed 324 people with the death toll expected...
World Humanitarian Day: 19th August
August 19th marked World Humanitarian Day, a day that rallies support for people affected...
Flash Floods in Sudan kill 23 and displace almost 9,000 families
Flash flooding and heavy rain has caused widespread destruction in Sudan, with reports...
UNAMA urges Taliban and Government to seek political solution to conflict in Ghazni city
Tadamichi Yamamoto, Head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has...
Flooding expected to continue across East Africa throughout 2018
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that East Africa is...
‘Multilateralism is more important than ever’ highlights António Guterres in annual report
António Guterres, UN Secretary General, released the Annual Report of the Secretary...
Natural disasters force 26 million into poverty each year
The World Bank estimates that disasters cost the global economy $520 billion each...
South Sudan and Syria are the most dangerous places to deliver aid, according to latest report
Humanitarian Outcomes have today released their ‘Aid Worker Security Report’...
Ecuador declares state of emergency following influx of Venezuelan migrants
Every day 5000 Venezuelans are fleeing into their neighbouring countries. They are...