Urgent: latest from the crises we follow
Plain-language briefings with UN-sourced figures, and trusted charities working in each crisis right now.
Most homes are damaged or destroyed, families live in tents through winter, and more than half the population still faces crisis-level hunger.
1,493Palestinians reported killed since the October 2025 ceasefire, and 5,299 injured (Gaza Ministry of Health) (OCHA, oPt Humanitarian Situation Report)
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The world’s largest displacement crisis: more than 11 million people forced from their homes, with famine conditions in parts of Darfur and Kordofan.
33.7 millionpeople need humanitarian assistance in 2026 (OCHA, Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026)
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Fighting in the east keeps forcing families to flee, while an Ebola outbreak with more than 8,700 confirmed cases reaches crowded displacement camps.
8,728confirmed Ebola cases, including 4,205 deaths, as of 6 October 2026 (WHO Disease Outbreak News)
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After more than a decade of war, 22 million people need aid, and over 2 million young children are acutely malnourished.
22.3 millionpeople need humanitarian assistance, out of 35.3 million (OCHA, Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026)
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About 1.2 million Rohingya live in crowded camps in Bangladesh, where funding cuts have closed health clinics.
1.2 millionRohingya refugees in Bangladesh (UN News, citing UNHCR)
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Millions of Afghans have been forced back from Iran and Pakistan into a country facing drought, record hunger and shrinking aid.
5.4 millionAfghans returned from Iran and Pakistan since late 2023 (UNHCR)
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