September 16
West Africa: Severe Floods Hitting Most Vulnerable in Sahel and Lake Chad Region
Recent floods in northeast Nigeria have displaced at least 50,000 people from their homes since the weekend. Across the Sahel and Lake Chad region, heavy floods have exacerbated… Read more »
September 09
Africa: West and Central Africa - Alarming Rise in School Closures
In West and Central Africa, more than 14,000 schools have been forced to close due to violence and insecurity as of June 2024, impacting the learning of hundreds of thousands of… Read more »
June 06
Congo-Kinshasa: What's Happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is home to the second largest internal displacement crisis in Africa. But little information is shared with the outside world about… Read more »
May 08
Congo-Kinshasa: Joint Statement - Ingos in DR Congo Call for a Cessation of Hostilities and the Respect for International Humanitarian Law
A deadly attack on Friday 3 May directly hit displacement sites hosting over 55,000 families around Goma in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »
April 17
Congo-Kinshasa: From DR Congo to Uganda, and Back
"Life in Uganda is hard, but life in DR Congo is too dangerous to return. I don't know what to do." Like many Congolese refugees in Uganda, Maisha faces an impossible choice. Read more »
April 05
Congo-Kinshasa: 'My Soul Was Returning to Its Rightful Place'
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the province of North Kivu alone is home to 2.6 million internally displaced people [1]. Many of them are children, who mourn the loss of… Read more »
March 28
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - Deepening Humanitarian Catastrophe in Ituri Completely Forgotten
The humanitarian situation in Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is becoming increasingly critical, with over 1.6 million people displaced in the… Read more »
March 27
Congo-Kinshasa: Displaced by War, Survivors Speak Out
In and around Goma, around 170,000 people have fled the fighting in Masisi territory in recent weeks to settle in the two sites for displaced people in Rusayo. Around 20,000… Read more »
February 26
Congo-Kinshasa: Hundreds of Thousands Face Desperate Conditions As Fighting Surges in Eastern DR Congo
Just 20km from Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fighting is raging over the town of Sake. Escalating violence is forcing people to… Read more »
February 20
Africa: 'We Are No Longer Called 'Displaced''
After fleeing the violence perpetrated in her village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Julie* settled with her family in Mangina, North Kivu. It took her two years to… Read more »
February 14
Chad: Ten Things to Know About the Neglected Emergency in Chad
One of the world's poorest countries has been hit by the world's largest displacement crisis. In eastern Chad, locals are sharing what little they have with the largest surge of… Read more »
February 15
Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting Puts Goma At Risk of Lockdown
Immediate action to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be taken before the situation deteriorates further, urges the… Read more »
February 14
Sudan: Survivors of Sudan's Brutal War Have Been Forgotten
Nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence in Sudan to eastern Chad. One in three people in this deeply afflicted area is a refugee. Survivors have escaped… Read more »
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